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,-.,&/+ opt other members of the Chairman of the mediation Varanasi Lok Sabha seat, now panel, if so required,” it said. panel may also inform the reg- represented by Prime Minister three-member panel head- The Bench, also comprising istry of this court any difficul- "3) Narendra Modi, continues, the Aed by former apex court Justices SA Bobde, DY ties that the panel may face in ) screening committee of the judge Fakkir Mohamed Chandrachud, Ashok Bhushan carrying out the task assigned 5 ! AICC has shortlisted candi- Ibrahim Kalifulla and consist- and S Abdul Nazeer, was told to it by the present order and + dates like Begum Nur Bano and ing of spiritual guru Sri Sri earlier by Hindu bodies, except also to inform of any require- $$6 Sanjay Kapur), rebel BJP MP Ravishankar and senior advo- for Nirmohi Akhara, and the ment to facilitate the mediation $ Savitri Bai Phule who joined cate Sriram Panchu, a Uttar Pradesh Government parties in the civil appeal in the and to conclude the same at the # " Congress last week, and Zafar renowned mediator, will try to that they oppose the court’s title case and all interveners are earliest,” the Bench said. Alo Naqvi and Naeem Sidiqqi. find a negotiated settlement of suggestion for mediation. The allowed to present their views The top court fixed the seat " " ,-.,&/+ “The party intends to field the Ayodhya’s Ram Muslim bodies supported the before the mediation panel. for mediation process in ) a large number of Muslim can- Janmabhoomi-Babri Masjid proposal. The top court directed that Faizabad of Uttar Pradesh, L M day after the Congress didates and those belonging to land dispute case. “Considering the provi- the mediation proceedings around 7 km from Ayodhya, + Aannounced its list of 11 the SC keeping in mind the The Supreme Court sions of the CPC (Civil should be conducted with and said that the adequate candidates, the party is set to caste and religion equation in referred the sensitive dispute Procedure Code)..., we do not “utmost confidentiality” for arrangements, including the " come out with a second list and the crucial Hindi heartland,” for mediation to this panel and find any legal impediment in ensuring its success and the venue of the mediation, place hopes that its resolution to play explained the leader. asked it to submit the progress making a reference to media- views expressed by any of the of stay of the mediators, their on “front foot” will force the Another senior leader in report within four weeks and tion for a possible settlement of parties including the mediators security, travel should be forth- “The panel of mediators is Samajwadi Party and the BSP the party said announcement of final report in eight weeks. the dispute(s) arising out of the should be kept confidential with arranged by the State requested to ensure completion to reopen negotiation with the Sonia Gandhi candidature Rahul Gandhi from his home The mediation will be held appeals. Whether the said pro- and not be revealed to any Government so that proceed- of the process during the peri- grand old party. showed that she play a vital role turf Amethi. at Faizabad and proceedings visions of the CPC would apply other person. “We are of the ings could commence imme- od of the interregnum indicat- “The SP and the Congress before and after elections. “Her Sonia’s re-nomination from would be held “in camera”. The in the event parties arrive at a further opinion that while the diately. It also directed that the ed above and send a report of performed equally bad in 2014 equation with senior leaders of Rae Bareli has also scotched five-judge Constitution Bench settlement/compromise in the mediation proceedings are mediation proceedings be held the progress of the mediation Lok Sabha polls and the 2017 several parties cannot be rumours about she is making headed by Chief Justice Ranjan mediation proceedings is a being carried out, there ought in camera as per the norms to this court within four weeks Assembly polls. But Mayawati underestimated as she also way for daughter Priyanka Gogoi said it does not find any matter left open to be decided not to be any reporting of the applicable to conduct the medi- of the commencement of the drew a big zero in last LS polls played key role in creating Gandhi Vadra at this family “legal impediment” to make a at the appropriate stage,” the said proceedings either in the ation proceedings. process,” it said. and still she is creating road- counter narrative to defeat the bastion. reference to mediation for set- Bench said. print or in the electronic block in the formation of a for- Shining India campaign of Atal The leaders say it would tlement of the dispute. Interestingly, all the three media,” the Bench said. midable grand alliance. If we Bihari Vajpayee in 2014 polls,” also ensure that the family’s “We, therefore, order members in the mediation However, it refrained from " ! all have the common intentions said the leader. youngest entrant into the polit- accordingly, and having taken team hail from Tamil Nadu. passing any specific restraint to take on the BJP, then the SP Ending all speculation, ical scene can dedicate her note of the names suggested by Justice Kalifulla hails from order at this stage and instead and the BSP are commiting a Congress on Thursday energy on poll campaign across the parties, we are of the view Karaikudi in Sivaganga district empowered the mediators to hara-kiri by excluding the announced UPA chairperson the state and in other places that the following panel of while Ravi Shankar was born in pass necessary orders in writ- # # Congress from the alliance,” Sonia Gandhi to contest from rather than limiting it to just mediators should be appoint- Papanasam near Kumbakonam ing, if so required, to restrain said a top Congress leader Rae Bareilly and party chief one seat. ed to go into the dispute with in Thanjavur district and publication of the details of the ,-.,&/+ saying it would be most befit- looking into the affairs of UP liberty to the mediators to co- Panchu is Chennai-based. All mediation proceedings. “The ting that the matter is resolved and helping newly-appointed ajority of political and through negotiations. general secretaries Priyanka Mreligious leaders have wel- “It would be most befit- Gandhi and Jyotiraditya # comed the SC order for medi- ting,” AIMPLB general secre- Scindia. ation in the Ayodhya dispute. tary Maulana Wali Rehmani The second list might However, some leaders told media. include names like UP State Q R# from Muslim community and Mahant Ram Das of the Congress chief Raj Babbar !! ,-.,&/+ The existing night charge is 25 Left parties disapproved of the Nirmohi Akhara, one of the from Muradabad and former &01 2- Incidentally, the Congress had per cent extra fare between 11 presence of spiritual leader Sri main litigants in the case, too Union Minister Sriprakash on Thursday announced he Delhi Government on pm and 5 am. Sri Ravi Shankar on the medi- welcomed the setting up of a Jaiswal from Kanpur. he Samajwadi Party has Saleem Iqbal Shervani as its TFriday hiked the auto-rick- The revised charges will ation panel. panel of mediators, A senior party leader said Tdecided to field party candidate from Badaun. shaw fare by 18.75 per cent in come into effect after the A number of senior BJP but said it would have been bet- the Congress is still hopeful founder Mulayam Singh Yadav The list was signed by SP the national Capital. Transport Department’s noti- leaders made it clear that build- ter had a Hindu judge, con- that sanity would prevail and from its stronghold Mainpuri. general secretary Ram Gopal The Delhi Cabinet fication, Gahlot said. ing Ram temple at the disput- nected with the case, been the Akhilesh Yadav-Mayawati The SP released its first list of Yadav. The party left Mainpuri, approved recommendations of Gahlot said fare revision is ed site in Ayodhya is the only included in it. He added that combine may include the nine candidates for the Lok described as its “safest” seat, for a fare revision committee to not a reserved subject and way out of the impasse. Union besides the mediation efforts, Congress as part of the Sabha polls in Uttar Pradesh Mulayam Yadav, who is the hike auto-rickshaw tariff by per hour to 45 per hour. there is no need for the Minister Uma Bharti said one the court hearing in the mat- Mahagathbandhan. on Friday. MP from Azamgarh right now. 1.50 per kilometre, from However, there is a change in approval of Lieutenant has to respect the SC order but ter should also go on simulta- Party sources said senior Dimple Yadav, wife of Mulayam represented 8/km to 9.50/km. the waiting hours. The com- Governor Anil Baijal. asserted that she stands for neously so as to see that the leader Sanjay Sinh may be party chief Akhilesh Yadav, Mainpuri in the Lok Sabha in The meter-down charge of mittee has been scrapped the The order has been wel- building the Ram temple at the case does not get prolonged fielded from Sultanpur, would contest from Kannauj, 1996, 2004 and 2009. 25 for first two kilometres has minimum limit of 15 minutes comed by auto union members disputed site in Ayodhya and a further if the litigants are not Akhilesh Pratap Singh from where she is the sitting MP. In the 2014 general elec- also been raised to 25 for first when the vehicle is complete- but many among them have mosque can be built outside its satisfied. Deoria and Ashok Singh from The SP has decided to tion, the SP patriarch had 1.5 kilometre, said Transport ly stuck in traffic or moving asked the Government to vicinity. In reference to Sri Sri, Etawah, considered a strong- field MPs Dharmendra Yadav contested from Azamgarh and Minister Kailash Gahlot. extremely slow. remove the system of compul- The All India Muslim AIMIM chief Asaduddin hold of the SP. and Akshay Yadav from the Mainpuri and won both. In The waiting charge has The night and luggage sory GPS for auto-rickshaw as Personal Law Board (AIM- Owaisi said he should act in an While the search of a for- current seats of Badaun and Mainpuri, his victory margin also been increased from 30 charges will remain the same. it is open vehicle. PLB) welcomed the SC order, “unbiased” manner. midable candidate for the Firozabad respectively. was a massive 3.64-lakh votes. '() P #* +( Q R - Q R ,-.,&/+ ! !! ,-.,&/+ ttorney General KK " AVenugopal on Friday ! n Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) claimed the Rafale documents AMLA has been detained by were not stolen from the Income Tax Department Defence Ministry and that sleuths for questioning after what he meant in his submis- # their team surveying a builder sion before the Supreme Court here on Friday found over 2 was that petitioners in the $ % crore cash allegedly “linked” to application used “photocopies the legislator and his associates, of the original” papers, deemed officials said. secret by the Government. They said Uttam Nagar His comments in the apex & L ) ) M! MLA Naresh Balyan, a prop- court on Wednesday that erty dealer, and 2 others are Rafale fighter jet deal docu- ! being questioned by the tax ments were stolen caused a officials in Dwarka to ascertain political row, with Congress " # if the recovered cash was “ille- president Rahul Gandhi tar- that files have been stolen is ments which were photocopies " ) gal and unaccounted.” geting the Government over wholly incorrect,” he told PTI, of the original. “Balyan has been detained stealing of such sensitive papers in an apparent damage-control Official sources said the # for questioning after it emerged and seeking a criminal inves- exercise. Venugopal said the AG’s use of word stolen was ) that the recovered cash had tigation. application filed by Yashwant probably “stronger” and could purported links with him. The “I am told that the Sinha, Arun Shourie and have been avoided. + ) tax officials are questioning the Opposition has alleged what Prashant Bhushant, seeking The Government had also !# MLA and others present with was argued (in SC) was that from the court a review of its warned The Hindu newspapers him about the source of the files had been stolen from the verdict dismissing pleas for a with a case under Official L M money,” a senior official of the Defence Ministry. This is whol- probe into against the Rafale Secrets Act for publishing arti- + ! I-T department said. ly incorrect. The statement deal, had annexed three docu- cles based on these documents. P P
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" announced to contest the Lok their unfulfilled demands of Sources said that sitting to JJP in Jind bypoll held in 1/ .+%6/ Sabha polls in Haryana. Both reservation in educational insti- Rohtak MP Deepender Hooda, January, it was widely believed INLD and SAD had broken ties tutions and government jobs, son of former Haryana Chief that the two parties would he Lok Sabha polls to 10 in 2016 over the issue of Sutlej release of youths arrested dur- Minister Bhupinder Singh enter into an alliance for the Tseats in Haryana is heading Yamuna Link canal. ing quota stir 2016 and with- Hooda, and former MP Shruti Lok Sabha poll and State for a high-pitched multi-cor- With the Aam Aadmi drawal of cases registered Choudhry, daughter of CLP Assembly polls. nered electoral battle with Party (AAP) and Jannayak against them. leader Kiran Choudhry, are However, JJP was offering major political parties, either Janta Party (JJP) failing to Notably, 31 people had likely to bag Congress nomi- only 2 seats out of 10 in Lok opting or being compelled to reach an agreement on seat- died while more than 200 were nations from Rohtak and Sabha and 20 out of 90 in go it alone in the ensuing elec- sharing pact for the ensuing injured during the violent Jat Bhiwani-Mahendragarh Haryana Assembly to the AAP, tions. parliamentary polls, both par- quota agitation in 2016 in the respectively. Among other con- which was demanding equal The political parties in the ties have also hinted at con- state. tenders, Ashok Tanwar is fron- representation. fray are ruling Bharatiya Janta testing on its own in the elec- trunner for Sirsa seat, Rajya On the other hand, INLD Party, Congress, Indian tions. " Sabha MP Kumari Selja for is also compelled to go it alone National Lok Dal (INLD), The BJP, which won seven 1 Ambala, MLA Kuldeep Bishnoi in the polls after the BSP had Jannayak Janta Party (JJP), of the 10 Lok Sabha seats in To gear up for upcoming for Hisar sear, Capt. Ajay Yadav broken its alliance with it. Aam Aadmi Party (AAP), Haryana in 2014, had managed polls, the BJP has convened a for Gurugram, former MP While INLD chief OP Chautala Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) to get a vote share of around party executive committee Naveen Jindal from has expressed willingness to and Bahujan Samaj Party 35per cent as compared to meeting in Rohtak on March 9. Kurukshetra. form an alliance with the BJP, (BSP)- Loktantra Suraksha 17.21 per cent in 2009 when it At the meeting which will Palwal MLA (Haryana) the ruling party has rejected the Party (LSP) combine. failed to win any seat. begin in the morning and con- Karan Dalal and Meerapur offer. Among the 10 Lok Sabha As far as key poll issues are tinue till late evening, the party MLA (Uttar Pradesh) Avtar MPs in Haryana, the ruling BJP concerned, the BJP has geared will chalk out an election strat- Singh Bhadana are eyeing 7 has seven members, INLD has up to contest on its achieve- egy and also take feedback Faridabad seat while MLA 0 two and Congress has one ments at the Central and State from the party workers about Kuldeep Bishnoi and former member. level highlighting Prime the probable candidates on 10 Haryana Speaker Kuldeep Mayawati’s Bahujan Samaj Buoyed by its big victory in Minister Narendra Modi and Lok Sabha seats. Sharma are keen to launch Party (BSP) which has forged Jind bypoll and civic body Chief Minister Manohar Lal’s “The agenda of the party their sons from Hisar and ties with LSP, an outfit floated polls in five cities, the BJP has governance record in Lok executive committee meeting Karnal respectively in Lok by rebel BJP MP Raj Kumar already kicked off its election Sabha polls. will be focused on drawing up Sabha polls. Saini is eyeing reserved seats of campaign for the general polls On the other hand, the election strategies focusing on Ashok Tanwar while talk- Sirsa and Ambala in Haryana. 2019 and eyeing to win all 10 opposition parties will be rely- various sections of voters in the ing to The Pioneer said that the The alliance can play a seats this time. ing on issues including farm state,” said a senior party leader. party has began process to spoiler for the other political On the other hand, the distress, amendment in Punjab He said that the discussion shortlist probable candidates parties as they are eyeing to Congress’ and INLD’s moral- Land Preservation (Haryana will also be held on election ral- for the elections. Once the woo the dalit vote bank in the shattering defeat in the bypoll Amendment) Bill 2019, non- lies of Prime Minister Narendra election committees are con- state. and civic body polls in Haryana completion of Sutlej Yamuna Modi and other Central lead- stituted, we will finalize the lists The BSP will contest on has already pushed these oppo- Link canal, violent Jat reserva- ers in Haryana during the of candidates and forward it to eight seats and the LSP on two sition parties on the back foot. tion agitation 2016 and dera campaigning. the party high command, he Lok Sabha seats. Soon, candi- The saffron party is way ahead violence 2017. National issues Notably, the Chief Minister said. dates will be announced for the of its rivals in terms of chalk- including Rafeal deal and Manohar Lal and state party polls, said Raj Kumar Saini, LSP ing out the election strategy, India’s air strike on a Jaish-e leaders had this week met /""/ chief. campaigning and has even, Mohammad terror camp in Kalraj Mishta, BJP’s incharge The LSP had also finalized a list of its probable Pakistan following the for the Lok Sabha elections in Hisar MP Dushyant approached Shiromani Akali candidates for the forthcoming February 14 Pulwama terror Haryana, Anil Jain, BJP’s Chautala’s Jannayak Janta Party Dal to discuss a possibility of an elections. attack is also likely to upstage incharge for Haryana party (JJP) will contest on all 10 seats alliance but the SAD is reluc- The BJP, which had con- the state issues during the affairs and other central lead- on its own in Haryana. tant to join hands with Saini, tested the 2014 Lok Sabha polls. ers to discuss the probable Dushyant has said that the due to his image of an anti-Jat polls in alliance with Haryana Political experts also feel candidates for Lok Sabha polls. party is ready to contest on all leader. Janhit Congress (HJC) of for- that the caste politics is likely Lok Sabha seats on its own. The SAD is looking to mer CM Bhajan Lal’s son to play a major role during 0 JJP, a splinter group of form an alliance with the BJP, Kuldeep Bishnoi, has already polls, with the state of Haryana, INLD was formed in which is already its alliance made it clear that it will go it bitterly divided on caste lines December and had performed partner in neighboring alone in the 2019 polls. HJC has following the violent Jat reser- The factionalism in the well in Jind bypolls with its can- Punjab. now merged with the Congress. vation agitation 2016 Congress’ state unit continues didate managing to get second SAD leader and Haryana The Congress will also Jat vs non-Jat divide is even after its drubbing in Jind spot leaving behind other in-charge Balwinder Singh contest on its own in the polls seen as a key factor that can bypolls and civic body polls in mainstream parties in Haryana. Bhunder said that the party has while the main opposition impact the outcome of ensuing Haryana. Delhi Chief Minister a voter base in Ambala, Sirsa, party, INLD is desperately general elections. While around While the Lok Sabha polls Arvind Kejriwal’s Aam Aadmi Kurukshetra, Karnal seats. searching for an alliance part- 25 percent of total electorate in are round the corner, suspense Party has also begun scouting As far as an alliance in ner after the Bahujan Samaj Haryana are Jats, the remain- is continuing over the replace- candidates for the polls. With Haryana is concerned, we pre- Party had snapped ties with it ing 75 percent are non-Jats, ment of state party chief Ashok JJP and AAP failing to reach a fer to form an alliance with the to form an alliance with which include Dalits, Tanwar. While initial discus- consensus on seat-sharing pact, BJP, he said. Loktantra Suraksha Party (LSP) Brahmins, Yadavs, Baniyas sion on probable party candi- the AAP had a day before The SAD will be holding a of BJP rebel MP Raj Kumar among others. dates for Haryana has been started process to invite appli- rally in Pehowa, Kurukshetra Saini. Ahead of 2019 polls, the held, the party is yet to cations from candidates on all on March 10 and had in the Shiromani Akali Dal head- Jat community is again gearing announce election committees 10 seats. past held rallies in Sirsa and ed by Badals in Punjab has also up for a fresh agitation over for the state. Following AAP’s support Ambala to woo the voters.
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1/ .+%6/ women beneficiaries of tions and provide relief to the Application for all the Haryana’s Logistics, Haryana Women public. licences in a colony will not be Warehousing and Retail Policy n what was perhaps its last Development Corporation's The municipalities will mandatory to avail benefit 2019, targeting to attract ICabinet meeting ahead of schemes, beneficiaries from also earn revenue by regular- under TOD policy. Benefit investment in the logistics sec- / )) ) the announcement of Lok economically weaker section ising these illegal conversions. under TOD policy will also be tor, especially along the Eastern . .) 8 ) ..=:) Sabha polls, the Manohar Lal under the Pradhan Mantra The buildings will be regu- permitted at the full 100 per Peripheral Expressway and ) ) Khattar Government on Friday Awas Yojana-Urban and larised in accordance with cent applicable rates for the Western Peripheral 1 ) / decided to remit stamp duty of National Urban Livelihood permission or compoundable area comprised in particular Expressway — also called KMP / 6 3% 6 " ! 2,000 on different types of Mission and below poverty limits as prescribed in the licence/licences, if the colony Expressway. / F 8 ) / loan agreements chargeable line families sponsored by the composition policy or rules includes a number of licences, The Kundli- Manesar- 6 $ # # 3@AC under the Indian Stamp Act, Haryana Scheduled Castes and the non-compoundable the spokesman said. Palwal expressway and the , 9!. # G )) !- 1899, to provide relief to small Finance and Development construction will be demol- The benefit under TOD Integrated Multi Modal # H ! and marginal farmers and Corporation for loans to the ished before granting permis- policy for the corresponding Logistics Park at Bawal (spread + ) weaker sections of the society. banks. sion under this policy, the area for which the benefit is over 1200 acres) will result in ! & # @AF A decision in this regard The Cabinet also approved spokesman said. availed at full applicable rates, large scale development of % )) )) !- ) ) was taken by the council of the proposal for regularisation In another decision, the can be utilised in the approved logistics and warehousing @AJJ ) ) 5 ministers, led by Chief of illegal conversions from Cabinet approved to allow the combined layout/zoning plan infrastructure. The 1-km 0 / 95 ; )) )) /6,. Minister Manohar Lal Khattar residential to commercial use applicability of the Transit of group of licences subject to stretch on both sides of KMP JB ) !+ ) 5 here. in the colonies developed by Oriented Development (TOD) the fulfilment of the condi- expressway will be declared as #!9 . $ ) The stamp duty will be the Housing Board, which policy and other related poli- tions/procedures laid down in an investment zone. # % + . . = 6 ) - $ : 5 G..=:H3@AC A remitted for small and mar- stand transferred to the munic- cies on the individual licences policy dated January 28, 2013, The policy aims at creating ginal farmers for taking loan of ipalities and situated in the area of the colony and projects in he added. multi-modal logistics and up to Rs 1.60 lakh, said an offi- designated as commercial zone case, the applicant desired to Haryana’s Logistics, warehousing infrastructure augmentation. Facilitation Cell which will state. A special taskforce shall cial spokesman. in the published final devel- obtain benefits only on the Warehousing and Retail Policy and would largely focus on reg- Under the new policy, the act as a converging body to also be constituted for ensur- He said that the stamp opment plan. The decision licenced area on an addition- 2019 approved ulatory simplification, fiscal state shall set up a dedicated monitor the progress of logis- ing an overall orderly devel- duty will also be remitted for will clear long pending litiga- al licenced land. The Cabinet approved incentives and infrastructure Logistic and Warehousing tics and warehousing in the opment of logistics in the state. 1 ) $ # ! # P !"#" $%& ) 1 '()&$ *(%("#!+( -Q 1/ .+%6/8#"/ 2" # # ! $//#06 .+G#"/ 2"H lakh hectares of Upper Bari Doab unjab Chief Minister Capt Amarinder Singh Canal (UBDC),” said the Chief Pon Friday warned the Congress ticket aspi- 1/ .+%6/ ning to join hands with the several splinter said Shergill adding that he was 100 percent etting three-year completion dead- Minister. rants rebelling against any of the official candi- groups — including Sukhpal Khaira’s Punjabi sure that AAP would win the seat. Sline, the construction of crucial Capt Amarinder said that it would dates of the party for the forthcoming parlia- ven before the alliance between the Aam Ekta Party, Bains Brothers’ Lok Insaaf Party, Challenging Taksali’s claim on the tick- Shahpur Kandi Dam project is all set reduce water flowing into Pakistan mentary elections of expulsion from the party, EAadmi Party (AAP) and the Shiromani AAP’s suspended MP Dr Dharamvira et, Shergill said that if they are staking their to begin at a cost of Rs 2,073 crore with drastically and would help save the while declaring that the names would be Akali Dal (Taksali) could take a formal shape Gandhi’s Punjab Manch, Bahujan Samaj claim and backing Bir Devinder as candidate the Punjab Chief Minister Capt state’s critical water resources. announced by next week. ahead of Lok Sabha elections, it appears to be Party (BSP) — forming an alliance under the for being a Sikh face, “then I am too a Amarinder Singh on Friday rededi- As many as 230 families, ousted as Issuing the warning, Capt Amarinder also disintegrating with little patience. Holding banner of Punjab Democratic Alliance Sikh...The preparations for the elections is cated the same to the people of the a result of the project, had been made it clear that the party’s nominee from parleys since long, the talks between the two (PDA). complete and there is no question of going state. offered jobs and another 34 would be Gurdaspur would be sitting MP and Punjab has hit a roadblock over Sri Anandpur Sahib But the same failed to materialise at the back”. The project has been revived with given jobs shortly, said the Chief Congress president Sunil Jakhar. seat from where both the parties have already level of seat sharing with both the SAD A meeting regarding coalition was also the Chief Minister’s personal efforts to Minister, who was accompanied by Capt Amarinder, in an informal chat with announced their candidates. (Taksali) and BSP staking their claims for the held between the two parties a day before resolve all pending issues with the Gurdaspur MP Sunil Jakhar and Bhoa the media persons after the ceremony to reded- While the AAP has announced Narinder Sri Anandpur Sahib seat. which remained indecisive. Jammu and Kashmir Government. Of MLA Joginder Pal, while personally icate to the people of Punjab the Shahpur Kandi Singh Shergill as its candidate from Sri SAD (Taksali) president and sitting MP Even as the two had already indicated that the estimated cost, which is in addi- handing over the appointment letters Dam project, said that the party candidates for Anandpur Sahib in October last, SAD from Khadoor Sahib Ranjit Singh Brahmpura they were ready to join hands and were in tion to Rs 640 crore already spent till to five wards of the oustees for the the Lok Sabha polls were likely to be declared (Taksali) announced Punjab Vidhan Sabha’s on Friday made it clear that whether or not touch with each other since two months, they 2014, Rs 1,408 crore would be spent Shahpur Kandi Dam. within a week and anyone rebelling against the former deputy speaker Bir Devinder Singh as the party enter into alliance with any party, have failed to reach a consensus on seat-shar- on the power component, with 100 Asserting that the border belt up official nominees would be thrown out of the its candidate from the constituency in Bir Devinder would be its candidate from Sri ing. At the same time, AAP is claiming that percent share of Punjab Government, to Shahpur Kandi would be one of the party. At the same time, he dismissed reports of February this year few days after he joined it. Anandpur Sahib. BSP had also given indications of coming on and Rs 685 crore on the irrigation most prominent tourist destinations in dissent within the Congress following sitting Now with the two parties holding talks On the other hand, AAP’s candidate board and join hands with AAP. component, with a share of Rs 485 the world, the Chief Minister said that Ferozepur MP Sher Singh Ghubaya’s entry into to come together for contesting 2019 elections, Shergill expressed faith in the party while AAP’s Punjab unit president Bhagwant crore to be contributed by the Central the project would also give impetus to the party, saying that all soldiers of the party Sri Anandpur Sahib constituency has virtu- claiming that he would contest this election Mann maintained that the alliance would for- Government and Rs 179.28 crore by tourism besides supplementing the would toe the line and the decision on the can- ally turned into a hot-seat. from Sri Anandpur Sahib under AAP’s ban- mally be announced in the days to come. “The the State Government. income of residents in the region. With didature of any ticket seeker was for the high None of the parties, and even the candi- ner contending that he had been working in leaders of both the parties would meet in two- “The project would result in the construction of the Shahpur Kandi command to take, with winnability the key cri- dates, is ready to retreat. In fact, both sides the constituency continuously since past four three days and resolve all the issues and dis- increased irrigation of 5000 hectares Dam, the historic Mukteshwar Temple teria. “If anyone goes against the high command’s are unwavering to leave the constituency for months. “The party has declared me as its can- cuss all the 13 seats. BSP and some other across the state. Apart from generat- would also be saved from submer- decision, they would be immediately expelled,” the other. didate from here. And I will definitely fight groups are also inclined to join hands,” said ing clean power, the project would also gence by creating a retaining wall, he he added. Notably, SAD (Taksali) was earlier plan- the Lok Sabha election under AAP’s banner,” Mann. improve irrigation potential of 1.18 added. # &#%$#( %#) *#% .+,-./+
! !" * $+ % " ) " P ) " # " " # " 2 8 "" P , 1/ .+%6/ % 1/ .+%6/ Ki Jai” and ‘Sashakt Mahila- hiromani Akali Dal (SAD) Sashakt Bharat’’. Manohar Lal Son Friday asked the Punjab aryana Chief Minister said that he salutes to the Government to order an imme- # HManohar Lal described mothers who send their chil- diate inquiry into how state the Panipat Pinkathon for dren to the armed forces to funds were used to host the women organised in Panipat serve the country. Congress party’s political rally & # on the occasion of He said that though the in Moga on Thursday while International Women’s Day present State Government has demanding immediate restora- incident and also take action State government function on Friday as first-of-its kind started various programmes tion of the funds into the gov- against officials who had could not insult the office of the programme in the country. for the empowerment and ernment treasury. allowed a political rally to be Prime Minister...An inquiry He said that to make uplift of women in the State SAD senior vice-president held by the Congress party in should be ordered into this and women more empower, the but Pinkathon is a unique ini- and former minister Daljit Moga in the garb of a debt due action should be taken,” he strength of women in the tiative in this direction. Singh Cheema, in a letter to the waiver function. added. State Police Force would be Prime Minister Narendra state Chief Secretary Karan “Congress party banners Condemning the manner in increased to 10 per cent. Modi had launched the Beti Avtar Singh, said that the State at the site, which spoke about which farmers were called for Manohar Lal was speak- Bachao-Beti Padhao pro- treasury could not be allowed Mission-13 as well political distribution of cheques to them ing after flagging off the Pink gramme from Panipat on to be looted in this manner and speeches, which were aimed at but were made to sit for hours to Marathon for women in January 22, 2015. At that demanded immediate correc- soliciting votes for the party in listen to political speeches, Panipat. He said that this is time, the sex ratio in the tive actions be taken to restore the forthcoming parliamentary Cheema asked the Chief the 11th unique marathon of State was even less than 850. public faith in the government. elections, made it clear that this Secretary to give directions that the country in which about On the call made by Prime The letter, a copy of which was not a government rally but the Congress party return the 50,000 women participated. Minister, the campaign took has also been sent to the a Congress election rally. money spent by the State imme- While dedicating the the shape of a mass move- Central Election Commission He said that Youth diately. “Instructions should also Pinkathon to the brave mar- ment and as a result of this, and also the State Election Congress plastered posters be passed so that in future also, tyrs of the country, he raised today the sex ratio in the State Commission, has also asked the across the rally site with deroga- State funds are not spent on confidence among the women has reached to 914, he added. Chief Secretary to hold an tory references to the Prime political rallies of the Congress participating in the marathon Manohar Lal said that the immediate inquiry into the Minister Narendra Modi. “A party,” he added. with slogans of “Bharat Mata State Government has set up 34 new women colleges in the state during the last four- and-a-half years. He said that to make the .,/6.0 The poor women cut a women’s day is to make them women more empower, the cake to celebrate the day. aware of their rights. strength of women in State he school of rag-pickers Appreciating the school for Police Force would be T‘PEN-India’ organised the celebrating the day, Nasreen, increased to 10 per cent in the International Women's Day mother of a student, said, “ near future. Earlier, this fig- programme in a different way. We know that the school is ure was only 6 per cent in the The school invited mothers of doing a great service by pro- year 2014 which has now all the children and informed viding free education to our been increased to 8 per cent, them about importance of children. Today again, they he added. education and cleanliness. have given us valuable lessons on importance of cleanliness and education.’’ The founder of the PEN- India Foundation Anoop Rawat said that the real devel- opment of the society is pos- sible only through education. He said women are the ful- crum on which the entire family rotates. “ It is thus very important to educate the women about the role of edu- cation in the development of the nation,” he said. The director of the foundation, Santosh Budakoti said the main motive to celebrate the # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ #
)% 9% 47) % P '0)5 ,-.,&/+ &'( )*+ , ,-.,&/+ cial release said. A total of 390 brands -- that is 91 per cent of ,-.,&/+ ' + ) is yet to announce the candi- Though the Congress-led he BJP on Friday appoint- - // n a major relief to cancer the 426 brands reported by the date list, state party sources UDF is also yet to announce its Ted Odisha leader Baijayant Ipatients, maximum retail manufacturers -- showed ess than 10 months after here said chances are high that candidate list, Tharoor is Jay Panda, who joined the BJP /))/-//' price of 390 non-scheduled downward price movement, it Lbeing appointed as the Rajasekharan could contest expected to seek a third term this week, as party's vice pres- ) ') cancer medicines have been added. This move is expected Mizoram Governor, from the prestigious from here. ident and spokesperson, giving -' )') reduced by up to 87 per cent, to benefit 22 lakh cancer Kummanam Rajasekharan has Thiruvananthapuram seat, one The LDF has named CPI's him a key role in boosting the 1)/) ) which would result in annual patients in the country and resigned from the post giving of the half-a-dozen con- sitting MLA C Divakaran as its party's Lok Sabha prospects in savings of around Rs 800 crore would result in annual savings rise to speculation that he may stituencies where the party nominee. Asked for his reac- his home State. ) '/ for the patients, the of around Rs 800 crore to the be pitted against Congress hopes to put up a good show- tion on the possible fielding of Panda, an articulate politi- Government said on Friday. patients, the release said. leader Shashi Tharoor from ing. Rajasekharan from the con- cian, running a group of pub- dence and expectations from state by relegating the Congress The National “The trade margin ratio- Thiruvananthapuram Lok Rajasekharan was made stituency was sought, Tharoor lications in Odisha, is expected him in strengthening party's to the third slot. Pharmaceutical Pricing nalisation for 42 anti-cancer Sabha seat. Tharoor is the sit- the Mizoram Governor on said the BJP leader was a good to raise the tempo and content base in the eastern state where The MP had been close to Authority (NPPA) on February drugs was rolled out as Proof ting MP from the seat. May 25 last in a surprise move human being, but it was the of BJP campaign against five- it has nudged out Congress the state chief minister and 27 had brought 42 non-sched- of Concept, stressing on the An RSS strong man and a when the crucial Chengannur ideology of the party which the term Chief Minister Naveen from the second position. often articulated BJD's view uled anti-cancer drugs under new paradigm of selfregulation former chief of state unit of BJP, Assembly bypoll was round the candidate represented mat- Patnaik and raise BJP's tally in Panda has been suspended point at the national level price control, capping trade by the industry. The manufac- Rajasekharan, 65, is being seen corner. tered. Lok Sabha and also counter by the BJD for the alleged before he fell out with him in margin at 30 per cent. turers of these 42 drugs have as the saffron party's best Lok Since then, a section of “As far as I know, he is a the ruling Biju Janata Dal (BJD) anti-party activities early last the recent years. BJD had Manufacturers and hospitals been directed not to reduce Sabha chance from Kerala, party workers had been good human being. But it's not in the assembly polls which are year prompting him to resign accused him of money laun- were directed to convey the production volumes of brands which is the only major state demanding and speculating the individual but the ideolo- likely to be conducted along from the party and his Lok dering and demanded a probe. revised MRP, to be effective under regulation,” it said. While where it is yet to open an about the return of the senior gy of the party which he rep- with the General elections. Sabha seat Kendrapara from In a letter to Patnaik, Panda from March 8, based on the the MRP of 38 brands has been account. leader to active politics. resents and what kind of India In a brief statement, BJP where he was elected twice on had said the CM's absence at trade margin formula. reduced by 75 per cent and President Ram Nath If Rajasekharan is chosen that they envisage is most President Amit Shah said Panda the BJD ticket. BJP hopes that the last rites of his father, “The NPPA under more, 124 brands have seen Kovind has accepted the resig- for the Thiruvananthapuram important. People of the con- has been appointed as Vice senior leader's presence could Bansidhar Panda, was “the last Ministry of Chemicals and reduction between 50 per cent nation of Rajasekharan as constituency, a tough triangu- stituency know very well what President and spokesperson of expand its influence along the straw” among “many humilia- Fertilisers has put out list of 390 to 75 per cent. The MRP of 121 Mizoram Governor, a lar contest involving the ruling I have done for them in the last the party with immediate effect. coastal belt in the state. tions over the past four years”. anti-cancer non-scheduled brands has been reduced Rashtrapati Bhavan spokesper- Left Democratic Front (LDF), 10 years,” he told reporters. This has been an exceptional BJP has made quick Panda's father was a well- medicines with MRP reduction between 25 per cent to 50 per son said in New Delhi on opposition United Democratic Divakaran said who would rise for one who has spent bare- inroads during the panchayat known industrialist with close up to 87 per cent. The revised cent, while the maximum retail Friday. Front (UDF) and the BJP will be the rival candidate did not ly a week in the party and and local level elections and ties to Naveen's father, former prices would come into effect price of 107 brands have been Though the BJP leadership be on the cards. matter for him. speaks lot about BJP's confi- gained second position in the Chief Minister Biju Patnaik. from March 8, 2019,” an offi- reduced below 25 per cent. # $$ ! !% ;3#; 16# $ '# ) A 3 ( ,-.,&/+
ext of kin of the 40 CRPF " !) ,-.,&/+ Npersonnel, killed in the February 14 Pulwama suicide ,-.,&/+ some whose names figure in ice President of India and bombing, have been paid over the draft NRC but not in the VChairman Rajya Sabha M 1.01 crore ex-gratia amount he Supreme Court Friday voters' list. Venkaiah Naidu has been con- each as per service rules. Tasked the Election The matter came up before ferred an Honorary Doctorate Seventy per cent of the Commission of India Secretary a bench comprising Chief by the University of Peace compensation from the risk to appear before it on March 12 Justice Ranjan Gogoi and jus- founded by the United Nations fund is given to the spouse and in connection with a PIL alleg- tices SA Nazeer and Sanjiv Organisations (UNO) for his 30 per cent to the parents of the ing that several categories of Khanna. contribution “to the Rule of martyrs. persons in Assam have been The PIL alleged that a cat- Law, democracy and sustain- As per normal practice, the deprived of voting rights ahead egory of persons whose names able development in India”. amount from the risk fund is of the Lok Sabha polls. were deleted from the voter list Naidu received the degree of paid after Court of Inquiry and The apex court sought the were some whose names 'Doctor of Philosophy' (Doctor a consolidated report from the personal appearance of the appeared in the draft NRC Honoris Causa) from the Dean Sector IG. But in the instant secretary as despite the notice published on July 30, 2018. of the University of Peace in the case, realising the magnitude of being issued on February 1 no The petition claimed these Costa Rican capital of San Jose. the tragic incident, the Director one appeared to represent the people had voted in the last General has desired that the Election Commission. Lok Sabha election held in ) % - .% # " O- & ) 0123, "" , 4 - +//) 4 amount be disbursed to the The categories include 2014. (% ) )4) ) NOK February 18 positively, IG )'+ ) Administration Vikram Sehgal said in a message on February 1 1)')2 )/ %'' 4)'4) 17 to IGs of the Sectors from (" 7 (" $% % which the martyrs belonged. The University of Peace was Officials said the 'next of / ' $ , founded further to a resolution kin' of these slain personnel will ;" %5 % " of United Nations' General also get an additional ex-gratia ,-.,&/+ March 20. year ordered framing of charges Assembly in December, 1980 amount that has been Dhinakaran, in his appli- against him. incorporating an International announced by various state he Delhi High Court on cation through senior advocate Dhinakaran, who floated ,-.,&/+ ) ments with partner countries. Agreement for the establishment governments, where the troops TFriday stayed trial against Arvind Nigam and advocate the Amma Makkal Munnetra '!+ '3 At the end of 2018, India of the University of Peace with hailed from, in a case-to-case former AIADMK leader TTV Naveen Malhotra, sought the Kazhagam party after being ear Admiral Didier also established IFC to moni- the mandate of “Engaging in dis- basis. Dhinakaran in a case of quashing of trial court's expelled from the AIADMK, RMalterre, Commander of 4+')') tor the region. It plays a central semination of knowledge fun- A total amount of over allegedly bribing Election December 4, 2018, order in the was arrested in April 2017 the French Joint Forces /' '4( () role in coordinating informa- damental to the full develop- 1.01 crore has been paid to the Commission officials for get- case of alleged bribery to here and later granted bail. deployed in the Indian Ocean, 4( tion in the Indian Ocean. ment of the human person and families of the 40 personnel ting the 'two leaves' symbol for Election Commission officials Dhinakaran won the by- visited India last week and During the visit from societies through interdiscipli- who were killed in the the Sasikala-led faction of the to get the 'two leaves' symbol elections held in Radha discussed ways to enhance February 26-28, the nary study of all matters relating Pulwama terror attack on party. for the party. Krishnan Nagar Assembly con- bilateral defence engagement Naval Staff, made a trip there Commander of the French to peace”. India is a signatory to February 14, the CRPF said in Justice Sunil Gaur also A trial court here had stituency in December 2017 with top officials. two months ago, a french Joint Forces deployed in the this resolution and Naidu is the a statement on Friday. sought response of the Delhi framed charges for the alleged under the 'pressure cooker' The French Joint Forces Embassy statement said. Indian Ocean held meetings first Indian to receive an This amount includes 35 Police on Dhinakaran's plea offences punishable under sec- symbol with a margin of over Commander, during his maid- Jointly run by the Indian with top officials of the Indian Honorary Doctorate from this lakh given by the central gov- challenging framing of charges tions 120B (criminal conspira- 40,000 votes. en official trip to New Delhi after Navy and the Coast Guards, Navy such as Vice Admiral M University. ernment as ex-gratia to the against him by the trial court cy) and 201 (destruction of evi- Alleged middleman Sukesh assuming command, first visit- IMAC focuses on the analysis S Pawar, Chief of Staff, Eastern On the occasion Naidu Central Armed Police Force for the alleged offences of crim- dence) of Indian Penal Code Chandrasekar, who is in judi- ed the Information Management of maritime information across Naval Command, and Vice- called for defeating the destruc- (CAPF) personnel killed in the inal conspiracy and destruction (IPC) and under section 8 (tak- cial custody, was earlier put on and Analysis Centre (IMAC) the world. Admiral Ashok Kumar, Vice tive forces of hatred, the fanat- line of action, 21.50 lakh under of evidence in the case. ing gratification by corrupt or trial in the case for the alleged and the Information Fusion It draws on numerous Chief of the Indian Navy, as ical cries of religious bigotry the risk fund, 15 lakh from the The high court in its inter- illegal means to influence pub- offences of criminal conspira- Centre (IFC). sources of information for well as at the Integrated and the megalomaniac designs 'Bharat Ke Veer' corpus and 30 im order stayed the trial court lic servant) of the Prevention of cy, destruction of evidence His trip to the two centres building its database on the Defence Staff level, represent- of despotic rulers to ensure lakh from the SBI paramilitary proceedings and listed the mat- Corruption (PC) Act. under the IPC and under the came after Admiral Christophe global maritime situation, par- ed by Lieutenant-General peace for promoting the welfare service pay insurance cover. ter for further hearing on It had on November 17 last PC Act. Prazuck, Chief of the French ticularly by relying on its agree- Amarjeet Singh Bedi. of humankind. (% 0+5 % ,-.,&/+ The greenfield Delhi- Mumbai Expressway will be nion Ministers Sushma India's longest expressway at USwaraj, Arun Jaitley and 1,320 km and would reduce the Nitin Gadkari Friday laid the travel time between the ,-.,&/+ foundation stones of two high- metropolises to 13 hours from speed highway corridors -- Rs the current 24 hours, he said. n a first, the IAF on Friday 90,000-crore Delhi-Mumbai Gadkari said the express- Itweeted a poem in Hindi Expressway and Rs 9,000-crore way would be completed in from its official Twitter handle Dwarka Expressway here. three years and has the poten- sending out a message to The ministers also dedi- tial to generate 50 lakh man- Pakistan that India had to send cated the Rs 1,217-crore Jaipur days of employment during its Mirage 2000 jets across the Ring Road to the nation. construction. Line of Control(LOC) as Addressing a gathering on The expressway will pass Pakistan had crossed all limits. the occasion, External Affairs through underdeveloped areas The poem, penned by Bipin Minister Sushma Swaraj said and about 15,000 hectares of Allahabadi, also gave a stern the three projects are a gift for land is being acquired for it at warning to Pakistan to mend its Delhi and Haryana. an estimated cost of Rs 25,000 ways. The Delhi-Mumbai crore, he added. The poem in Hindi says Expressway will change the In line with Prime Minister that a fighter whose name is future of Mewat region, and Narendra Modi's Digital India ''Mrigmarichikaa” (Mirage) had will bring it on industrial map vision, all transactions related to cross over the boundaries as %5 <& % " of the country, she said appre- to land acquisition, including someone had crossed all limits. ciating that over 20 lakh new transfer of compensation to “Ab neend kaise aayegi unko, ' '$)+ 0$ trees will be planted on these (" + 7 5 + - % 5 8 + & &9 % * $ landowners, are being done thoda sa jhakjhor aaye hain # K )) ) new roads, and these roads + + : . % 0 # " 8 % 0+ 8 5 digitally. unko,” the poem reads, which !" ) 1 have the potential of becoming - (% ) “Delhi-Mumbai will be means ,” how will they get sleep % 9) 6 0$$) 2) 1 tourist attraction in near future. India's most environment- now, we have given jolted them”. % 6 " ! + K ) Finance Minister Arun the national highway network ways will improve overall Expressway will also speed up friendly expressway with a tree The lines were an obvious ref- 6 ) Jaitely said the Delhi-Mumbai in the country and said that he development. the development and smart cities cover of 20 lakh trees and rain- erence to India's pre-dawn aer- ) Expressway would link two has successfully brought up Gadkari said while devel- will develop along them gener- water harvesting system at every ial strike that destroyed terror + ! most important freight centres this sector to building of 29 km oping expressways and high- ating vast employment oppor- 500 metres,” Gadkari said. group Jaish-e- of the country, and will boost of National Highways a day. ways, full attention is being tunities for the local people. The expressway has taken Mohammed's(JeM) training The Pakistani jets retaliated Wing Commander economic activity and generate Jaitley said nearly 91 per given to minimising pollution He said projects worth a record time-frame of less than camp at Balakot on February 26. after the Indian aerial strikes on Abhinandan Varthaman's great employment opportunities. cent of the country's villages are levels. over 15 lakh crore are under- one year from conceptualisa- The strikes were carried February 27 and intruded into MIG-21 Bison was hit by He appreciated Road linked with main roads. The He said the Delhi-Meerut way in the ministry, and these tion to award, with 148.5 km of out after 40 CRPF personnel Rajouri sector to target military Pakistani air defence. He eject- Transport, Highways, Shipping, Dwarka Expressway, once Expressway, Dhaula Kuan flyover, are being taken up with full works already awarded and a were killed in a suicide attack installations there. However, ed from the crashing jet and Water Resources, Ganga completed, will open newer etc, will definitely reduce traffic transparency in a corruption- further 400 km to be awarded in Pulwama, Kashmir on they were not successful and landed in Pakistan Occupied Rejuvenation and River avenues for industrial devel- congestion, thereby improving free atmosphere. He said all this month, he said. The February 14 and the JeM the IAF jets chased them away. Kashmir(POK) and captured. Development Minister Nitin opment in the entire region, he the air quality in the city. projects are being completed remaining 800 km will be owned responsibility for it. In the ensuing aerial combat, He was released two days later. Gadkari's efforts in developing said and added these express- The Delhi-Mumbai within time schedules. awarded in the next six months. # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ 5
"# $ $ ! . # R ! *% # + , # Chennai: The three mediators appointed by Supreme Court to resolve the Ayodhya dispute ! have a common thread — all hail from Tamil Nadu. 0 9+ The Supreme Court on 2& " huge rally in Kolkata and spoke Friday referred the politically he luxurious beach-side at the end of the procession. sensitive case for mediation and Tbungalow of Punjab Prime Minister who fails to “Why did your Government appointed retired apex court National Bank (PNB) scam Aprotect classified documents failed to take sufficient action judge FMI Kalifulla as the head accused and fugitive diaman- kept in his office is misfit for his and preempt attacks on Uri, and senior advocate Sriram taire Nirav Modi in Raigad dis- post, Bengal Chief Minister Pathankot and Pulwama despite Panchu and spiritual guru Sri Sri trict was on Friday razed to Mamata Banerjee on Friday prior intelligence reports” Ravi Shankar as two other mem- ground at one go by the author- said continuing her relentless Banerjee asked adding “a new bers of the panel for the purpose. & & & & )" 7 " . ities, through controlled explo- attack on Narendra Modi. Government will come in the Kalifulla hails from sions. Virtually blowing the elec- Centre after the elections and Karaikudi in Sivaganga district saying the outgoing judge pro- Nagaland. Within minutes, the 33,000 tion bugle from an International bring peace in the country.” while Ravi Shankar was born in vided valuable insights. “It is a very serious respon- sq feet bungalow —named Women’s Day rally Banerjee The BJP had failed to protect Papanasam near Kumbakonam “While deciding the BCCI sibility given to me by the Roopanya —was reduced to said the Modi Government the lives of the security person- in Thanjavur district and matter I felt like I was sitting Honourable Supreme Court. I debris, through simultaneous - +%P % % # # + which had “crossed its expiry nel by not acting on time she said. Panchu is Chennai-based. besides a former Indian cricket will do my best,” he said on the controlled explosions carried (% ) date” “will never be able to Speaking on the alleged Kalifulla started his legal captain. That much insight was apex court nominating him as out through 110 dynamite restore peace in Jammu & theft of confidential files relat- career from Tamil Nadu, before provided by Kalifulla. He has so one of the mediators. sticks and 30 kilograms of the “implosion” to bring down at one go. They had tied dyna- Kashmir,” because it is during ed to Rafale deal Banerjee won- retiring as a Supreme Court much insight into the working Sri Sri Ravishankar, accord- explosives. Nirav Modi’s bungalow, locat- mite sticks and explosives to this regime that the mountain dered “how a Prime Minister judge in 2016. of BCCI. I am eternally grateful ing to his Bengaluru-based Art For the past few days, the ed off Khim beach at Alibaug, pillars and other strategic places State had witnessed a 260 per who cannot protect files from He had delivered the land- to him for helping me and the of Living foundation, was born authorities had been planning nearly 100 km from Mumbai, in the bungalow. The explo- cent rise in the acts of terror. being stolen from his office can mark judgement for carrying out game as such in regaining its to Visalakshi Ratnam and R S sions were carried at 11:15 am. The Chief Minister led a protect the country.” reforms in the Indian cricket glory,” Justice Thakur had said. Venkat Ratnam in Papanasam. The formal demolition board BCCI. On Friday, Kalifulla said the He, however, shifted to work had commenced on After enrolling as an advo- SC-appointed committee will Bengaluru early in life and grad- January 24. The demolition cate in 1975, Kalifulla had take every step to settle the uated in Bachelor of Science remained inconclusive. After appeared for various public and Ramjanmaboomi-Babri Masjid from St Joseph’s College. a survey, a team of structural private sector undertakings, dispute “amicably.” Panchu, a The spiritual guru has been engineers from Dr Babasaheb nationalised and Scheduled senior advocate of the Madras attempting mediation on the dis- Ambedkar Technical Banks in his career. High Court, is a pioneer in the pute for some time now, before University subsequently rec- He was appointed a Judge in mediation movement. the court chose him as part of ommended the controlled the Madras High Court in 2000. Founder of the country’s the panel Friday. explosions. The furniture and After a 11-year stint here, he was first court-annexed mediation On his being included in the glass panes had been removed transferred to Jammu and centre — The Mediation panel, he said everybody must before the series of simulta- Kashmir High Court as its Chief Chambers — in the Madras move together to end long- neous explosions were carried Justice, from where he was ele- High Court in 2005, he has standing conflicts. out. vated to the top court a year authored books on mediation, “Respecting everyone, Constructed in 2009-2010 later. including a comprehensive turning dreams to reality, end- on a 70,000 sq ft plot, the At his farewell function in manual -- Mediation: Practice ing long-standing conflicts 33,000 sq ft bungalow had sev- 2016, then Chief Justice of India and Law. happily and maintaining har- eral bedrooms. It was accessi- T S Thakur had praised Justice Panchu has mediated a mony in society — we must all ble through a long winding Kalifulla for the historic verdict number of cases, including the move together towards these road. It was one of the highly 4# $ + + 49 % O P # % in which he was heading the one involving the boundary goals. #ayodhyamediation,” he protected properties. P . (% ) bench with his brother judge, dispute between Assam and tweeted. PTI )+P % 9 . !# 4% % % : #/)' *- !#
" 0 9+ Buldhana, Washim and ing compensation had been Panaji: The probe into the Yavatmal in eastern rejected. However, in 2018, the “missing” Rafale papers should Kolkata: An organisation that the disabled people of the coun- n a shocking disclosure made Maharashtra — accounted for number of rejections increased start from Goa Chief Minister works for differently abled peo- try, General Secretary of the Ithrough a reply obtained a maximum of 4,383 out of the to 1050, while the approved Manohar Parrikar who had ple in West Bengal on Friday Paschimbanga Rajya Pratibandhi under the RTI Act, the total 5,727 farmers’ suicides cases approved decreased to claimed files related to the deal expressed “shock” at Prime Sammilani, Kanti Ganguly, said Maharashtra Revenue depart- reported from across the state 1,330. were with him, Congress pres- Minister Narendra Modi’s com- in a statement. ment has said that the number between 2014 and 2018. In March 2015 then ident Rahul Gandhi said on ment, purported to be a polit- Ganguly, also a senior of farmers’ suicides nearly dou- Surprisingly, the RTI reply Revenue Minister Eknath Friday. ical jibe at Congress president CPI(M) leader, said the differently bled in the State during the last also confirmed that many of Khadse had announced in the Parrikar was Defence Rahul Gandhi, during a dis- abled people were “shocked” as four years from 6,268 in 2015 thel affected farmers’ families State Assembly that the com- Minister when the Rafale deal cussion on dyslexia with a stu- the Prime Minister “has made fun to 11,995 in 2018. received compensation of 1 pensation would be increased was signed with France and dent on Sunday. of a serious condition which has The reply obtained by RTI lakh were denied to compen- from 1 lakh to 5 lakh to per the Centre has told the The Prime Minister’s com- been inducted as disability in the activist Jeetendra Ghadge sation by the State Government. affected family. He had also Supreme Court some docu- ment might demoralise Rights of Persons with Disability revealed that Amravati rev- In 2014, 1358 farmers’ fam- announced a life insurance pol- ments related to the multi-bil- researchers from taking up ven- (RPD) Act, 2016, passed unani- enue division — comprising ilies received the compensation icy that would cover all the lion contract have been tures to lessen the sufferings of mously”. PTI districts of Akola, Amravati, whereas 674 application seek- farmers. “stolen”. PTI ( - + $4 # " " 12 0 9+ 4,00,72,496 by way of Customs duty on goods fter having been mas- imported. Panaji: The State-run Goa Aquerading as a doctor for Singh, who had earlier Meat Complex Limited will the past 20 years, law finally been declared a Proclaimed outsource its abattoir opera- caught up with an erstwhile Offender by the Court, was tions to a private player for a appraiser of the Customs brought to Mumbai from period of five years starting department-turned-abscond- Uttar Pradesh on a transit. On June 1 this year, its managing ing accused Abhinav Singh, Friday, Singh was produced director Rajendra when the CBI finally arrested before a Special Judge, Prabhugaonkar said on Friday. him from Uttar Pradesh. Mumbai who remanded him He said the GMCL, set Singh, who was imper- in CBI Custody till March 13. up in 1971 in North sonating as Dr. Rajeev Gupta Singh was wanted in a Goa’s Usgao village to cater to for the past two decades, was CBI case registered on the beef requirement in the working as an Associate September 29, 1999 on a coastal State, was shut since Professor with a Medical complaint lodged by the October, 2014 due to technical College at Akbarpur, Chhata, Customs, SIIB, New Custom issues and lack of animals for Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, House, Mumbai against him slaughter. when the police arrested for and others including private Prabhugaonkar said a min- allegedly causing to the tune of firms. PTI imum of 30 animals are required for slaughter every day for the abattoir to function optimally. “As per the tender, the pri- vate player will run the abattoir, provide meat for local con- sumption, and share revenue with the State Government,” he said. He said the abattoir has all requisite permissions including those from the Factories and Boilers department, the Food Safety and Standards Authority of India (FSSAI) and the Goa State Pollution Control Board (GSPCB). PTI # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ 6
" 7 8 " ) + 9 O , # $ $ & 4 $4 " #% Mumbai: Former media exec- the family. He took no step involved in the attacks. So, Varanasi (UP): Prime Minister utive Peter Mukerjea is the when Rahul was desperately even if Peter Mukerjea was in Narendra Modi on Friday "silent killer" of Sheena Bora, asking about Sheena..... Peter is London (at the time of the claimed that "non-cooperation" the daughter of his wife Indrani silent killer of Sheena," the murder) it doesn't mean he was by the previous Samajwadi Mukerjea from a previous rela- CBI lawyer said. not part of the criminal con- Party Government in Uttar % tionship, the CBI told a special Rahul Mukerjea is yet to spiracy, the CBI counsel Pradesh was responsible for the court on Friday while opposing depose before the court and if argued. delay in start of a beautification his bail plea in the 2012 mur- Peter Mukerjea is released on The April 2012 murder of project in his Lok Sabha con- Mumbai: The cover of a book, ders. The revenue earned from der case. bail, he may try to win over the Sheena Bora (24), Indrani stituency. which chronicles the life and the book will go to fund Sawant's Peter Mukerjea, arrested in witness (Rahul), the lawyer Mukerjea's daughter from an He was addressing a gath- struggles of Gauri Sawant, the project "Nani Ka Ghar" under the sensational Sheena Bora added. earlier relationship, came to ering here after laying the foun- first transgender mother of the which homes will be provided to murder case in 2015, had Badami argued there was light in August 2015 when her dation stone for the Kashi country, was unveiled here on transgenders," the 25-year-old moved the bail application in sufficient material against Peter driver Shyamvar Rai spilled the Vishwanath Temple's approach Friday on the occasion of the author said. November last year before spe- Mukerjea that led to framing of beans after being arrested in road and its beautification. International Women's Day. Born as Ganesh Sawant, cial CBI Judge J C Jagdale. This charges against him. Therefore, another case. "In the first three years ) + -% +% " & * The book, "Gauri- The Urge she realised that she was differ- is the third time he has the accused cannot seek bail by Indrani Mukerjea, a former there was non-cooperation of - :% + 125 # # % to Fly", will be launched on May ent from other boys. As a child, approached the court for bail. merely stating the charges media executive, her former the state government. The "" , 5 % * & ' 12 on the occasion of the she has always felt more inclined Opposing his bail plea, against him were "defective", he husband Sanjeev Khanna, Rai developmental projects here (% ) Mother's Day, said its author to female gender, prompting her special public prosecutor said. and Peter Mukerjea were picked pace after you (people of Rhythm Wagholikar. father to discard her. Sawant, Bharat Badami argued that the One of the reasons for- arrested in the case. Rai later Uttar Pradesh) made Yogi government thought of Baba that something should happen He said the book chronicles who successfully adopted a sex CBI has sufficient evidence to warded by Peter Mukerjea for became an approver and was Adityanath the chief minister," (Lord Shiva) and were silent. here." the varied aspects of Sawant's worker's daughter after over- prove Peter Mukerjea's role in not being involved in Sheena's pardoned. he said. They took care of themselves "Bhole Baba ney tai kiya life, her struggle and motherly coming many hurdles, wants her the murder conspiracy. murder was that he was in Indrani Mukerjea, who is in "Had there been coopera- but not of this place." hoga baatein bahut karte ho love for the sex workers' children to join the police force. "Today Badami told the court Peter London when the murder took jail since her arrest in August tion earlier, we would have Noting that it was his "plea- yahan aao kuch karke dikhao," who are abandoned after birth. I am overwhelmed. I never Mukerjea didn't take any step place. 2015, is facing murder charge, launched the project instead of sure" to have initiated the work (Lord Shiva must have decided The 38-year-old transgen- expected or thought of it (a book to find Sheena Bora, who had However, the CBI contest- while Peter Mukerjea has been laying the foundation," Modi at Kashi Vishwanath, he said, "I that you talk much, so now you der activist, born in Pune, was being written on her). This is gone missing, despite the fact ed this argument. accused by the CBI of being a said. have dreamt for a long time to should come here and do some- discarded by her father in child- going to add to my responsibil- that she was his son Rahul Hafiz Saeed (LeT chief) part of the criminal conspiracy. Attacking previous gov- work for this place. When I was thing)," he said, adding that due hood. She runs an NGO, Sakhi ities," an emotional Sawant told Mukerjea's fiancee. was in Pakistan when the 26/11 The CBI has claimed a ernments, the prime minister not in politics I came here sev- to the blessings the fulfillment Char Chowghi, that promotes mediapersons at an event held "Peter was knowing every- Mumbai attacks took place, but financial dispute led to the said, "In the past 70 years no eral times and used to think of his dream has started. PTI safe sex and counsels transgen- the Press Club here. PTI thing...He was not a statue of that doesn't mean he wasn't killing of Sheena Bora. PTI %5 4# $#
1 is not keen on having an alliance CPI(M) and the Congress, the time when Congress president with the Congress. The Left Left Front on Friday announced Rahul Gandhi had asked his Front won't be able to win a sin- its candidates for Raiganj and party's in-charge of West Bengal, gle seat without the help of Murshidabad seats, the bone of Gaurav Gogoi, to speak to Congress in the state. But contention between the two CPI(M) general secretary Congress would be able to parties. Sitaram Yechury in order to retain its four seats," Mitra told The current MPs in those resolve the impasse over seat- reporters late in the night after two seats -- Mohammed Salim sharing. Gandhi had also met Kolkata: Miffed over the an urgent meeting with state from Raiganj and Badaruddoza the state Congress chief to dis- CPI(M) unilaterally announcing leaders. Khan from Murshidabad -- cuss the matter. The state candidates for the Raiganj and "If needed we will fight would contest, Biman Bose, Congress had requested Gandhi Murshidabad Lok Sabha seats, alone in the state. We have our chairman of the CPI(M)-led to take a call on the matter. Congress' Bengal unit chief list of 42 candidates ready. We Left Front, said. The CPI(M)'s central com- Somen Mitra on Friday accused wanted an alliance till 2021 The announcement of can- mittee on Monday came out the Left Front of not being keen assembly polls so that our didates in these two seats held with a proposal of "no mutual on having an alliance. alliance or understanding gets by the CPI(M) might lead to a contest" in the Lok Sabha polls Mitra said his party won't acceptability from the masses. breakdown in the seat-sharing in the six seats held by the two compromise with its dignity and But the CPI(M) is more keen on discussions between the two parties in the State. It was seen has its list of 42 candidates ready, short term political gains and side and eventually pave the way as a move to untangle the seat- asserting that it has left the mat- doesn't want any long-term for a four-cornered contest in sharing skein between the two ter to the high command to take adjustment," he said. the state in the upcoming gen- parties, aimed at consolidating a final call. Amid the ongoing seat- eral elections. the anti-BJP and anti-TMC + + 4% 4% (% ) "It seems that the Left Front sharing talks between the The development came at a votes. PTI 1 9 +: ? $#5 9 47)5 Ahmedabad: In a setback to ruling party soon. sure because of the pending Just an hour before Congress and sent a letter to the Congress in Gujarat ahead Sabariya was arrested in case. I am already out on bail. Sabariya's resignation, Chavda party president Rahul Gandhi Ahmedabad: A sessions court in Principal district judge M M viction was necessary to allow of the general elections, two October last year in connection I have resigned voluntarily. I joined the BJP at party head- to inform him about his deci- Gir Somnath district of Gujarat Babi stayed Barad's conviction Barad to continue as the MLA party MLAs Friday tendered with the irrigation scam. He am not dissatisfied with any quarters in Gandhinagar after sion. on Friday stayed the conviction while hearing his plea, said the of Talala constituency in Gir their resignations, with one of was granted bail in February by Congress leader. I am joining giving his resignation as the Talking to reporters, he of Congress leader Bhagvan Congress leader's lawyer Rajesh Somnath district. them joining the ruling BJP the Gujarat High Court. the ruling BJP as I felt that this MLA of Manavadar seat in claimed that the BJP has not Barad in a 24-year-old illegal Buch. The 60-year-old Congress later in the day and another "Congress MLA from is the best way to serve the peo- Junagadh district. offered ministership to switch mining case and also suspend- In addition, the district leader won from Talala in the announcing his decision to Dhrangadhra seat, Parsotam ple of my constituency," he said. Chavda, 55, a four-time sides ahead of the Lok Sabha ed his jail term of two years and judge also allowed Barad's plea, 2017 Assembly polls. join the saffron party soon. Sabariya, tendered his resigna- The former MLA claimed MLA, was inducted into the polls. nine months. seeking suspension of the sen- Barad was accused of steal- Manavadar MLA Jawahar tion today evening. I have that he was not offered any party by state Home Minister "It is not true that I am Barad, an MLA, was dis- tence of two years and nine ing limestone worth Rs 2.83 Chavda gave his resignation to accepted his resignation. He ministership in the Gujarat Pradeepsinh Jadeja and senior joining the BJP to become a qualified by the Assembly months awarded by the judicial crore through illegal mining on Gujarat Assembly Speaker has not given any particular government by the BJP. party leader K C Patel. minister. I am in politics to Speaker after he was held guilty magistrate of Sutrapada Taluka government land in Sutrapada. Rajendra Trivedi in the after- reason in his resignation letter. Sabariya was arrested in After joining the BJP, serve the people. I am joining by a magistrate's court on March court. "The sessions court stayed The material was then sold to a noon, while Parsotam Sabariya, He now ceases to be a member October last year for allegedly Chavda said he has not left the the BJP as I felt that I can serve 1 in the 1995 case. He was also the conviction as well as ordered local chemical factory, accord- who represented Dhrangadhra of the Gujarat Assembly," demanding and accepting a Congress out of any discontent the people in a better way if I granted bail in the case. suspension of the sentence given ing to an FIR lodged against him seat in Morbi district, gave his Trivedi said. bribe from persons accused in or differences with the join the party that is in power. The Congress leader chal- by the magistrate. The court also against him in 1995. The mag- resignation in the evening. Commenting on his deci- an irrigation scam in Morbi Congress leadership. "I also felt it necessary to lenged his conviction in the dis- granted bail to Barad till the pen- istrate pronounced Barad guilty Chavda joined the BJP at sion, Sabariya said he was join- district in return for not rais- Chavda, a prominent OBC support Prime Minister trict and sessions court in dency of his appeal against the under Section 379 of the Indian the party's headquarters in ing the ruling BJP to develop ing the issue in the Assembly leader from Ahir community, Narendra Modi in the current Veraval town of Gir Somnath magistrate's order," said Buch. Penal Code, which deals with Gandhinagar, while Sabariya his constituency. and with the state govern- said he also resigned from the security scenario of the coun- district. He said a stay on the con- punishment for theft. PTI announced that he will join the "I was not under any pres- ment. primary membership of the try," Chavda said. PTI ( " 8 # 5 . ,!.# *" % O , " 5 " " $/! )000 Lucknow: The abusive rant of saffron-clad men against two Jammu: National Conference "The time has come when it ban JeI, he said "I am not in $ " Kashmiris sent shock waves president Farooq Abdullah on is not (about) banning, it is meet- power now. Information on across the country, but timely Friday questioned the release of ing them (recognised/unrecog- them will be available only with police action and warmth of Jaish-e-Mohammad (JeM) nised entities) politically, that is the intelligence and the governor locals have brought a sense of founder Masood Azhar in important. Unless you meet who rules (the state) today. I have security to the vendors who Afghanistan by then BJP them politically, you are never no intelligence input about them were back to selling dry fruits Government in 1999 in exchange going to be able to sort out these now." on Friday. of the hijacked Indian airlines people," he said. He said when Jagmohan The two, who are resi- flight IC-814 despite his The Centre Thursday last was the governor of the state JeI dents of Jammu and Kashmir Opposition. banned JeI Jammu and Kashmir schools were banned and those Kulgam's district and come in He strongly opposed the for five years under anti-terror teachers were inducted in gov- Lucknow during winters to ban on the Jamaat-e-Islami (JeI) law on grounds that it was "in ernment schools. sell dry fruits, are doing brisk and said the time has come when close touch" with militant outfits "Did he do right or did he do business in the same locality banning should end, and meet- and was expected to "escalate wrong? The same people then under the watchful eyes of the ing with these outfits should secessionist movement" in the met the Prime Minister and the police and local vendors. start. state. home minister so that we could "People here are very "Who released Azhar (JeM A notification banning the find a way out," he said, referring good... Everything is fine now," founder) and who took him to group under the Unlawful to the Hurriyat leaders talks % $ % $% % & % & $% Mohd Afzal, one of the victims, Kandahar (Afghanistan)? The Activities (Prevention) Act was with the centre. % " 5 " =220 " told PTI. "We have no fear with centre should reply. When I issued by the Ministry of Home "Look at the history, you (% ) the people extending so much told them not to release Azhar, Affairs after a high-level meeting have to meet them, not ban them love and care and there is no they did not listen to me (at that on security chaired by Prime or put them in jail. You have to Chennai: Commemorating Mannar and Palk Bay, the offi- plan to rush back." time). Today I am anti-national Minister Narendra Modi. meet them by talking to them International Women's Day, cers moored the H-197 at the Asked what message they and they are national," Abdullah, Asked about the involve- and finding out why are they not the first woman captain of Coast Guard headquarters here will take back for their people who was the Chief Minister ment of Hizbul Mujahideen ter- part of this nation. What stops hovercraft H-197 Anuradha in the afternoon. in the strife-torn Valley, Afzal during the hostage crisis in 1999 ror outfit, considered JeI's mili- them from being part of this Shukla along with her col- Coast Guard undertook a said he would tell how people told reporters on the sidelines of tant wing, in Thursday's grenade nation. That is what we need to league and deputy comman- major step towards empower- here are good. "It is only the a function here. attack in Jammu which left two do," he said. Abdullah further dant Shirin Chandran arrived ing women and facilitating 'goondas' (goons) here who Azhar was arrested on persons dead and 31 others said his party never questioned here Friday after undertaking greater gender parity, and do such thing while the people . % % +% % % &5 February 11, 1994 at Khanabal injured, the NC leader said, "I do the air strikes by India in a 500-km journey on rough became the first force to are very helping." "% % %5 " % % # Chowk in Anantnag district of not know whether the group is Pakistan on February 26. In a seas. deploy women officers in He said that they would :" (% ) south Kashmir but was released really JeI's militant wing. separate function organised to Shukla and Chandran were operational roles on board- depart after 20 more days and in exchange of passengers of IC- "I do not know... I have been welcome prominent persons among the first four women to ships. will be here again. media. Local people, however, fron-clad youth could thrash 814 on December 31, 1999 by chief minister and I have never from Basholi area of Kathua dis- be trained to operate air-cush- "By doing so, India joins a On Wednesday, Afzal and rushed to their rescue and them.... Had they been with us, the then BJP Government along had any such input that they trict into the party fold, the NC ion vehicles popularly known select few nations, including Abdul were selling dry fruits - informed the police. we would not have allowed with two other terrorists. belong to JeI. I think this brigade leader called for isolation of as hovercraft. Australia, Germany, Israel and - as has been the practice for A vegetable vendor nearby anyone to even touch them," Asked about the ban on JeI, (responsible for the grenade divisive forces and maintaining After commencing their the United States, which have the past several years -- when said that the incident could Raju said. Abdullah said, "Banning is not attack) is the one that is run by of harmony, saying the politics of surveillance voyage from Coast allowed the women officers to they were attacked with sticks have been avoided had the Policemen on duty were the way out because the minute Sallauddin from Pakistan-occu- divide is against the ethos of the Guard Station, Mandapam, take on command roles for law by saffron-clad persons at two been sitting nearby. "They seen moving around in the area you ban anything they go under- pied Kashmir," he said. nation and the state, which near Rameshwaram, on March enforcement", an official press Daliganj area, the video of were sitting a little distance on Friday and keeping a close ground and they become more In response to another ques- encompasses all religions, castes 6 and patrolling the Gulf of release said. PTI which went viral on social away from us and so the saf- eye on the crowds. PTI vicious." tion on the centre's decision to and regions. PTI # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ - 9 /" #* #&!(( /)&$ ! 8 ) 7". # ! 8 ) 8 ;0')7 '14 0 " R ! R' # 3 ! ! ! ! R !# ! !R * S 6 ) - ) ) # 9 $ ) $ % : ) * ( ) % ! , * ! % ( * ( ) 2 ;<=> " . 0 : ast Friday, India welcomed its # ! % 3 hero, Abhinandan Varthaman, * back from Pakistan. He spent $ - - close to three days in Pakistani ? 3 * ( captivity as a result of a brief skir- mishL with Islamabad’s Air Force, during ;<=@ $ , which, his MiG-21 Bison went down. - Officer Abhinandan’s return is the latest ? . ;<;> ! course of events in an episode that has not yet seen its last act but India can at least ? 3 * momentarily heave a sigh of relief. His ? 9 $ ( return also provides us with enough pause ( to examine the events that unfolded over the past few weeks, to praise the bravery 9$ -S : of our armed forces and to ask questions to the Prime Minister, who is the man ( 8 entrusted with providing leadership to the armed forces. ! , Primarily, in this article, I aim to exam- 1 ( ine the concept of leadership and whether the Prime Minister demonstrated it this time around. While the entire nation is extreme- 6 * ) ly proud of our armed forces and the huge % 3 ( sacrifices they are regularly asked to make, 2 ( it does make it all the more important to ensure that they are led by a political leader ) who exhibits similar qualities. The events of doing so, it was the Pakistani for calm, clarity and composure, about the exact figure and that ) the past few weeks make it apparent that Prime Minister who appeared to there was not a whiff from the this was a question for the - while the country is proud of the armed garner greater admiration from Government or the Prime Government to answer. forces, the political leadership leading them the world rather than our Prime Minister. Instead, in the after- If the armed forces have no ! # ( has been found wanting. Minister. math of Abhinandan’s capture, clear figure in mind and the BJP 2 8 2 7 # So what is leadership? Norman Character: In terms of char- just a quick glance of the Prime has been saying it’s 400 or 250 or * - , Schwarzkopf defined its as, “Leadership is a acter, the BJP Government has an Minister’s twitter feed shows whatever the last person from the potent combination of strategy and charac- unenviable lack of it. There have -/+&,"/,6,+$ 2 that he addressed BJP workers party has said, is it not logical to ) # * ( ter. But if you must be without one, be with- been repeated reminders over the in their booths before address- question whether the )$(,)$ 9 $ $ ( out strategy.” Over the past few weeks, the rul- past few years of this character ., :+ %"/"+"+$ ing the nation and even then, it Government actually had any # ing Government has displayed a lack of both. flaw. Whether it is the words used .+ +10&""2 was only through rallies or such estimate or was it just mak- Lack of strategy: ! Pakistan is a hub of by the Prime Minister to describe other political events that he ing up numbers as it went along? terror. There are not many people in the women or the language used by N0 "+ :"/, talked about strikes rather than But when one of us, mere " , world who would disagree with this state- the BJP when dealing with any 0 9,62 having a conversation with mortals, actually asks the BJP ) ment. Even recently, while Pakistan Prime member of the Opposition, the ",6626+$"$ +&&,. Indian citizens, which is only why they are saying 400 when the . ( Minister Imran Khan did earn some good- Government rarely covers itself apropos in case of events of armed forces are saying they have will on the world stage by allowing in glory. However, in light of the + "/, +$$+2 +" national significance, such as no idea about any exact figure, ! - $ % Abhinandan to return and by ensuring that recent events, there was some this one. the party hides behind the armed 2 8 $ % he was not mistreated while in Pakistan’s hope that maybe the Prime -$"/,9=# What was all the more dis- forces and says that the people of ! , ( captivity, much of that goodwill was wast- Minister may actually conduct +"$,& "/"1 , heartening was the fact that India cannot question the armed ed by the clear propaganda videos that were himself in a manner befitting his while media speculation about forces. Waah Modiji, Waah! ! released by the Government over there. role and get the entire country 20"-+"/-+&. the precarious state of affairs was My views on how a leader is S During the entire ordeal, Imran Khan together. How naïve of us! ;6:+ % +%06,$! rife, there was no one from the supposed to be is a product of my , ) alleged that the attack by India on the ter- Despite the Opposition issuing a Government to answer the lin- time as an officer in the Indian rorist camps did not really cause any harm statement reiterating their stance "/,6 ,. 261,$ gering questions. Instead, the Police Service. As someone who ,+$ to Pakistan. He also garnered sympathy and that they stand behind the armed /;,12 ,20" Government chose to send the has had the opportunity to serve goodwill from world leaders by taking the forces, Modi repeatedly took armed forces in the line of fire with other brave police officers, initiative to return Abhinandan to India. political potshots without once .$+."/" again and forced it to field ques- I was always told that you need Prime Minister Narendra Modi allowed addressing the nation in a digni- tions that could obviously only be to be the first one to take criticism # * ) Pakistan to take the initiative by not speak- fied manner. "/,:/;, 2+., answered by its representatives. to protect your officers and the ing to the nation in its hour of need and fail- While the Prime Minister is 920""/,,<1" As stated above, one such last to take credit for their brav- ing to rebut Pakistan’s claims that there were often found near a microphone question was about the claims ery. This is slightly different no casualties due to India’s strikes. This was when the wind is in his favour, +%06, ."/" made by international media from Prime Minister Modi’s pol- especially shocking since members of the BJP he is conspicuously missing "/+$-$ channels about the number of icy of hiding behind the armed like Sambit Patra have said that close to 400 when the nation actually needs dead terrorists after the attack. forces when tough questions are terrorists were killed while BJP chief Amit answers. This time, too, he N0,$"+2 26"/, While there is no denying that asked and basking in the glory, +! ! " Shah said that 250 of them were killed. Instead addressed a number of rallies %2;,6 , ""2 it is difficult to quantify the taking selfies when the sun is of giving a fitting reply to Pakistan and when India’s brave Air Force number of terrorists killed in shining. India, in my opinion, has ! # reclaiming the initiative, Modi, as someone attacked the terrorist bases in $-,6 the mission, it was the BJP itself had enough of Modi’s unique ) * who rarely gives up an opportunity to speak, Pakistan, taking credit for the that came out with wild, vary- brand of leadership. ! +(, - remained silent on this crucial issue and, bravery of our armed forces but ing figures. The armed forces (The writer is Jharkhand # therefore, let slip an opportunity to prove the minute one of our pilots was have categorically come out PCC president, former MP and Pakistan and the world media wrong. By captured and there was a need and said that they have no idea IPS officer. Views are personal) ( ( .
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1 !% 4 #!5+ # # ! # ( # # # ! # # .# . - # - ( ) ( # - # PB # Q . " # " D P <= ?Q . $ * ndia has grown into a global powerhouse. Its $ ) - ) . economy is soaring but the picture on the # D Iground is still quite arid. The green shoots # $ that you see are only a patch of its landscape. - ( Most Indians are hapless victims of inequity. India is one country where intense poverty $ # abounds in the shadow of immense wealth. - (5 - The Indian economy is projected to be the )S ) ( fastest growing major economy in the world in 6 ( 2018-19 and 2019-20, ahead of China, accord- ing to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). =E =@ @ == Per capita national income rose from 86,647 ) in 2014-15 to 1,12,835 in 2017-18. 6 Furthermore, improved telecommunications, - %S =>@ ( seamlessly connected global markets, universal- 3 ; ;<=F * isation of information through Internet and . (: innovations in the financial ecosystem have all G ! opened up opportunities for the common man . + 2 ) like never before. It is, therefore, imperative that lack of demand and supply of financial services — to all levels of society — do not act as an # impediment to the country’s growth. Inequality and exclusion are two of the most % pressing challenges facing the world today. In 8 2 recent years, policy-makers have realised that H development will be uneven and not wholesome # (1 if we do not address the problem of exclusion 7 =@EI ) G in a big way. Inclusive growth is necessary to $ - + ensure that the benefits of a growing economy access to financial services that can serve many inclusion will by itself eliminate poverty. ly or hostile, with a view to achieving the total 8 ) ( extend to all segments of society. of these functions such as bank accounts. Financial literacy, access to financial tools and result, which is universalisation of health and 8 ! ( Access to and integration of every individ- Instead, they rely on cash, which is not only economic empowerment underpin the develop- enrichment of the quality of life. ual into the formal economy by providing oppor- unsafe but hard to manage. ment of healthy and stable states. But it needs Since substantial public investments are % # . ( tunities to use his/her potential to improve upon Financial inclusion, in its broader market to be complemented with a host of other ser- being made to promote financial inclusion, con- their well-being is essential for the building of conceptualisation, is the belief that people, vices. Financial services alone cannot vault the vergence, inclusive collaboration and mutual :2 2 - 9 ( a prosperous and stable economy. Inclusive including the very poor and marginal, should poor out of poverty. They can enable econom- reinforcement alone can ensure better resource P ) 9 growth is widely recognised as having four gain access and be able to regularly use these ser- ic enfranchisement but cannot solve social exclu- utilisation. Plans and strategies that operate in Q ! % ( mutually supporting pillars — an employ- vices — an idea that the World Bank promotes sion, which has to be addressed by tackling the exclusive silos lose out on the benefits of " D P8 ( ment-led growth strategy, financial inclusion, as part of building inclusive economies, finan- entire combination of problems. The issues mutual synergy and convergence of the various ( ? ( investment in human development priorities and cial institutions, fintech companies and mobile include: Unemployment, discrimination, poor development channels. Advocates of financial ( Q high-impact multi-dimensional interventions operators and others pursue for evidently more skills, low incomes and poor housing. One of inclusion claim that financial services will # ( (win-win strategies). self-serving reasons. Having an account isn’t the the main reasons that the excluded populations reduce poverty and promote pro-poor develop- # It is now accepted wisdom that a key ingre- angle — it’s using the account to achieve devel- cite for not having a financial account is that they ment but critics believe that this is illusory and 8 - ;< ( dient of inclusive growth is financial inclusion. opment goals, to save, to invest in business and simply don’t have enough money to open and that it falsely prioritises finance over delivery of P Inclusive financial systems have potentially educational opportunities and to build financial use an account. more important services. Financial services are transformative power to accelerate development resilience. We need to remind ourselves of the presented as central to social and economic Q # gains. They provide individuals and business- The objective of financial inclusion is a task memorable poser of Dudley Seers, first president growth and development. es with greater access to resources to meet their that independent India has tried out in differ- of the prestigious European Association of Inclusive finance requires us to break the G ( financial needs such as investment in education ent forms over the decades but has not been able Development Institutes (EADI), on development: vicious cycle where educational, financial and S and housing, capitalising on business opportu- to get it quite right. Initiatives include the coop- “The questions to ask about a country’s devel- digital exclusion combine to create social exclu- # 9 ) S . " nities, saving for retirement and coping with var- erative movement, followed by priority sector opment are: What has been happening to sion and isolation. The obvious lesson is that ;< Many aspects of it still inform advent of Constitutional democra- let go of the idea of the state being India, and then in Pakistan, to a separate Muslim country. ments. This gave those who were French secularism today. A form of cy, modern science, industrialisa- a political and moral expression of define a Secularity 4. Jaffrelot wrote that this is why, once blocked from the state’s reli- laïcité was also practised by the tion and the separation of the faith, without renouncing faith According to Jaffrelot, eco- right from the onset, the Pakistani gious narrative the chance to Turkish state during the rise and church and the state. It saw reason itself or without one first coming nomic, scientific and political state tried to undermine and iso- become stakeholders of the process. coming to power of Turkish nation- as being the primary source of to a self-attained understanding of modernity introduced by the late those demanding a theocracy. They managed to change its alist Kemal Ataturk (1923-38). authority. Unlike Secularity 1, it. Tylor wrote that, had this not British in South Asia saw modern The state did this by “nationalising course, which resulted in constitu- However, some advocates of laïcité Secularity 2 is not anti-religion but happened, secularism could never Muslim reformers push to relegate Islam.” Jaffrelot wrote that the state tional clauses based on certain like to differentiate this strand of advocates the relegation of faith to have managed to attract the consent Islam’s rituals to the private sphere invested in highlighting Islam as a strands of the faith, a clear depar- % secularism with the one that was the private sphere. of so many populations in Europe. but transform Islam as an identity modern political ideology of ture from the state’s ways till the imposed in communist countries But much of Tylor’s magnum Tylor’s Secularity 3 is about marker. In other words, the process Pakistan but not the basis of formu- mid-1970s. Eventually, from the such as China, the Soviet Union, opus is dedicated to “Secularity 3.” reaching a secular state of existence advocated making Islamic rituals lating laws. He defines this as “sec- mid-1980s onwards, the state opted n his 2007 book, A Secular Age, Cambodia and North Korea. To Tylor, this is the category which by actually reflecting on spiritual private and Islam public as a cul- ularisation without secularism.” out from framing Islam in the con- Canadian philosopher Charles However, Tylor is hesitant in best defines the “secular age” that and theological ideas that have tural-political identity marker. The state continued to usurp social text of how it was framed by the ITylor wrote that three cate- defining “Secularity 1” as secular- has continued to develop well into opened up for intellectual scrutiny. Jaffrelot wrote that when mod- and physical spaces once dominat- likes of Sir Syed, Iqbal, Jinnah and gories of secularism have evolved ism proper. According to him, a the 21st century. But Tylor posits For him, secularism is part of the ern Muslim reformers such as Sir ed by the clerics, pirs and ulema. Ayub. Unchecked by the state (and since the proper emergence of the polity needs to fulfill three criteria that Secularity 1 and 2 cannot be tradition of reform that has contin- Syed Ahmad Khan and This way the state gave itself the even encouraged), the process spi- idea — mainly from the 18th cen- to qualify as secular: There should explained away as being outcomes ued within Christianity. He wrote Muhammad Iqbal tried to demon- sole right to define what an Islamic ralled out of control, causing reli- tury onwards. He described be equality of people of all faiths; of the rise of the modern sciences that this is also why secularism has strate that Western modernity and state was and at the same time gious violence and insurgencies in “Secularity 1” as the total expulsion “all spiritual groups must be heard”; and modern models of politics and managed to survive in countries Islam were compatible, and that deride the non-state explanations a highly polarised polity. of religion from all spheres of and there should be respect for the economics. such as the US where most citizens this was what made Muslims a of faith as being “anti-progress” and Recently, when Prime Minister public life. This strand can be “free exercise of religion” (as long Instead, he wrote that secular- call themselves religious. unique cultural entity, they opened “backward.” Imran Khan insisted that “the traced back to the turbulent days of as it is not political in nature). ism was actually a continuation of Intrigued by Tylor’s theory, the way for politicians such as According to Jaffrelot, this monopoly of violence remains with the 18th century French Revolution “Secularity 2” is largely a social a reformation process within the the French political scientist Jinnah to claim that the Muslims of process peaked during the Ayub the state”, he was reiterating the and also in the policies of Mao Tse occurrence triggered by powerful Christian faith. His thesis propos- Christophe Jaffrelot, in a 2014 India were a separate cultural enti- regime (1958-69). He wrote that it state’s urgency to reclaim the space Tung’s China (1949-76), Joseph intellectual currents and a shift es that for over a 1,000 years, essay for France’s Hyper Articles en ty but one which was as modern as continued across the ZA Bhutto to define what religion was in the Stalin’s Soviet Union (1922-52), the from traditional modes of econom- there has been constant pressure Ligne, went on to identify a any Western national community. regime (1971-77) and even during context of Pakistan. And to, there- Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia ics to modern ones. The most within Christianity to continue to “Secularity 4.” Jaffrelot wrote that According to Jaffrelot, Sir Syed, the conservative Gen Zia dictator- fore, once again, neutralise the (1975-79) and currently in North prominent example in this respect reform itself. Fearful of crumbling Tylor’s secularity types were large- Iqbal and Jinnah formulated a ship in the 1980s. But beginning in state’s competitors in this respect Korea. is the erosion of the power of the in the face of modernity, ly associated with the secularism unique way to form a non-theolog- the mid-1970s, Jaffrelot wrote, due and return to what Jaffrelot calls This form of secularism is also church in Europe during the Age Christianity tried to keep pace that developed in the West. Being ical Muslim polity without compro- to purely political reasons, a point Secularity 4: Secularisation without known as laïcité which originated of Enlightenment from 18th cen- with change by modernising itself. an expert on South Asia, Jaffrelot mising its Muslim identity, because, came when the state found it nec- secularism. during the French Revolution. tury onwards. The period saw the This gave the believers the space to took the example of Muslims in after all, this was what was to gain essary to engage with non-state ele- (Courtesy: The Dawn) # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ ()> ,1$+ +' )'') ' < " %" # @AB " ! 1 ') (C P # 6# $-&1 ,-.,&/+ 9,+=+ % match-making platform, the Government said. press release said. “It will also inject strong conomic Affairs Secretary ndia has launched its third IT The primary aim of this IT momentum into the develop- ESubhash Chandra Garg Icorridor in China that will corridor will be to facilitate ment of the Xuzhou software Friday exuded confidence that facilitate partnerships between partnerships between Indian service outsourcing industry. fiscal deficit target of 3.4 per )9 - 4 " % P A & Indian and Chinese companies. and Chinese companies, it We sincerely hope that the cent for 2018-19 would be met )-4 )5 " & ;" % % ;" The National Association said. Nasscom will bring its advan- as shortfall in indirect tax col- 4 5 " % " % A 7 + 5 of Software and Services Xuzhou, as the centre of tages on capital, talents and lection would be compensated ) % 5 )-4 )5 # " 5 "%# Companies (NASSCOM) the Huai Hai economic zone, is technology in accordance with by lower expenditure. '"0) % : '9 5 + % +% -# 5 "#% " % entered into a partnership with an important comprehensive the content of the agreement, “I am very confident (of 4 P *% ;" China’s Xuzhou city from national transportation hub to improve the construction, meeting fiscal deficit target of ,-.,&/+ 2018, and Friday from the res- Jiangsu Province in China to and its proximity from major operation and development of 3.4 per cent for 2018-19),” olution process. help develop the IT corridor. industrial and economic hub the park, so as to build a Garg said on the sidelines of he National Company Law Under the Insolvency and The IT industry body has like Shanghai, Beijing, world-class service outsourcing IVCA conference here. TAppellate Tribunal Bankruptcy Code, a resolution already launched such corri- Hangzhou, Nanjing and cooperation development plat- As per the interim Budget (NCLAT) on Friday allowed process has to be completed dors at Dalian and Guiyang Suzhou. form”, he said. 2019-20, the Government has the withdrawal of UK-based under 180 days with a further cities to cash in on the bur- Through this partnership, Commenting on the col- pegged fiscal deficit target of Liberty House bid for ARGL on extension of 90 days to 270 days. geoning Chinese IT industry the platform will be launched laboration, Gagan Sabharwal, 3.4 per cent for the current fis- the plea of resolution profes- Meanwhile, NCLAT also market. Through its previous that will facilitate match-mak- Senior Director, NASSCOM cal year ending March 31. sional of the debt-ridden com- said that its order would not similar initiatives in China, ing between Indian companies said, “This Corridor will help “Our assessment at this pany. debate the participation of NASSCOM has brought to wanting to collaborate with strengthen China India Digital stage is, in direct taxes, we will A two-member bench, Liberty House in in other res- the fore opportunities with companies in Huai Hai eco- Cooperation leveraging our probably do as per the revised headed by Justice S J olution processes. over 300 companies where nomic zone looking to adopt respective strengths in hard- estimate, indirect taxes, there Mukhopadhaya, also pulled “Any observations against more than 10 Indian SME digital transformation from ware and software to build might be some shortfall, and on up Liberty House for not pur- Liberty should not construed as companies have signed deals verticals such as manufactur- innovative products and solu- the expenditure side there suing the corporate insolvency finding against them ineligible worth 31 Million RMB ($4.5 ing, retail, automotive, health- tions in Co-create mode. Given might be some savings. resolution process after being from participating in any other " " *% % < )% # % million). care and utilities and help that this region is known for its “On the whole, we should selected as the highest bidder. resolution process,” NCLAT said. (% ) + %A # " # The previous IT corridors them create innovative product manufacturing capabilities, we be where we are,” he said. “You are a failure party all Liberty House had " - 5 < )% D C# % 5 $ + in Dalian and Guiyang have and solutions in the co-create expect many collaborative case In the current fiscal, direct the time, dragging your feet. emerged as the highest bidder < )% D & )5 < + $" % % % $ already sprung up opportuni- mode, it said. studies emerging from the tax collection is pegged at 12 You are in bad reputation. We in ARGL, a subsidiary of debt- D '. &# E %F5 < + & 8 % ties to the tune of 24 Million This partnership will help Smart Manufacturing domain.”, lakh crore (revised estimate). would not allow you to take ridden auto components maker -% M-%N5 + $ 5 < )% RMB ($4.6 million) and 62 create more jobs in Xuzhou and he said. The Government had orig- advantage of the appellate tri- Amtek Auto. Million RMB ($8.9 million) India and facilitating talent Addressing the meeting inally budgeted to collect bunal,” the bench said. However, the company respectively, it said. transfer between the two coun- Anil Kumar Rai, Consul 11.50 lakh crore in 2018-19 NCLAT has upheld the refused to go ahead and submit The first two corridors tries, it said. General Shanghai said “China from direct taxes, which previous order of the a bank guarantee after emerg- have paved the way for coop- The signing of the “China- being a dominant manufac- include corporate tax and per- Chandigarh bench of NCLT, ing as the highest bidder. eration in co-create mode in India (Xuzhou) IT Corridor turing country requires soft- sonal income tax. which had imposed a cost of Rs Following which, the reso- the emerging technologies such Project” is an important mea- ware, IT and IT enabled ser- Likewise, in 2018-19, GST 1 lakh on Liberty House citing lution professional of the com- as AI, IoT and Analytics in the sure for the Indian software vices to transform towards collection is pegged at 6.43 casual approach. pany moved NCLT to cancel Chinese market. and service industry associa- smart manufacturing. lakh crore (RE), which is lower The appellate tribunal also the bid. NCLT had allowed it In line with this collabo- tions to enter the Chinese mar- IT Corridor at Xuzhou has than the targeted 7.43 lakh directed to deduct the time and imposed a cost on Liberty ration, few local companies ket and seize the development potential to fill the critical crore (BE). period between December 14, House. from Jiangsu province have opportunity of the Huaihai institutional void of software On the indirect tax front, pledged their support by sign- Economic Zone” Mayor of support for small and medium customs collection in the cur- ing as early adopters of this Xuzhou Municipal size industries in their own lan- rent fiscal is pegged at 1.30 guage.” lakh crore (RE). + I $ ) % )0J*& 8" " :" # % 45 - P " % 3 +"5 12 "" % %# $ 9 :" E$:FA ) . + 5 +#K$: %% " % & + 5 ) % 5 $:0; #"% "" & % : % E& :F5 % #%" + & " % % " % - * ? % & : L $ &" # O+ *# +# )#P # &#% $#( %#) *#% +,-./+ ()>> $/ 9+# ##; 3:> 5:: : = '' 3=33> . ; ! ( 0 9+ four years, which is a 3.3% tourism followed by textiles increase per annum in these and apparel and metal prod- +47 * 8$" ,-.,&/+ ance for selling equity shares of ob creation by the micro, four years. ucts, during the past four years. the company and was granted Jsmall and medium enter- The survey, that covered Machinery parts and trans- ,-.,&/+ In the April-February peri- however, posted a jump of T major Wipro on Friday permission for the aforesaid prises (MSMEs) sector saw a 1,05,347 MSMEs of varying port and logistics were the od this fiscal, PV sales have 46.53% at 10,920 units in Isaid one of its promoters, proposal on the very same growth of 13.9% in the past sizes, across sectors, located in next significant job creators, it omestic passenger vehi- grown 3.27% at 30,85,640 units February this year. Azim Premji Trust, had sold day, Wipro said in a regulato- four years, claims an industry about 350 industrial centres showed. cle (PV) sales dropped as against 29,87,859 units in the Total two-wheeler sales in 2.66 crore shares of the com- ry filing. survey. spread across the country, indi- In terms of states, D1.11% in February, year-ago period. With people February were down 4.22% to pany in a block deal on the Pre-clearance for selling The findings are contrary cates that micro enterprises were Maharashtra, Gujarat and making it the seventh decline postponing discretionary 16,15,071 units compared to BSE. equity shares of the company is to the official and other indus- the largest job creators in the past Telangana were the largest job in eight months, prompting spends like buying cars ahead of 16,86,180 units in the year-ago The company, however, required under the company’s try data which show that there four years and will continue to creators, while in case of auto industry body SIAM to the elections, coupled with the month, SIAM said. Motorcycle did not disclose further details code of conduct and SEBI reg- was massive job losses since the be so in the next three years. exporters, Maharashtra, Tamil suggest that it will miss even current subdued sentiments, sales last month declined by of the transaction. ulations. the note-ban and GST imple- To put the findings in con- Nadu and Telangana topped. the scaled down forecast of 6% Mathur said it was unlikely 0.58% to 10,47,486 units as Following the said block “On March 8, 2019, the mentation in this very sector. text, the survey mapped the “There is an expectation of for the ongoing fiscal. that March sales would be high. against 10,53,596 units a year deal, the shares of the compa- company has been informed While private sector eco- jobs figures against publicly higher growth on employment The Society of Indian “So we are more or less looking earlier. ny closed at 256.50 on Friday, that Azim Premji Trust has sold nomic think-tank has found available macro-level data for the next three years,” the Automobile Manufacturers to end the year at around 3% Market leader Hero down 4.58% from its previous 2,66,66,667 equity shares of the that as many as 13 million jobs sourced from the Labour survey said. (SIAM) said uncertainty ahead growth which we have wit- MotoCorp posted 1.65% close on the BSE. company on BSE,” the filing were lost in 2018 alone, the offi- Bureau (for total workforce). This optimism emanates of elections coupled with weak nessed so far,” he added. In the increase in its bike sales in Azim Premji Trust is part added. cial NSSO data show that “Given that the total work- from the fact that government market sentiment and beginning of the fiscal, SIAM February at 5,44,073 units. of the promoter group that held The Bengaluru-based com- unemployment rate touched a force size according to the initiatives like the 2% interest unfavourable factors like high had projected 8-10% growth for Rival Bajaj Auto also posted a 3,36,19,97,805 shares amount- pany said it would make nec- 46-year high in 2018. Labour Bureau is estimated at subvention given to all MSMEs interest rates and insurance PV sales but it was revised to growth of 6.28% at 1,86,523 ing to 74.30% stake in the essary disclosures to stock According to a CII survey 450 million, the overall job and trade receivables e-dis- cost were continuing to affect around 6% after dip in sales units, while Honda Motorcycle company as of the quarter exchanges as required under among over one lakh MSMEs, additions work out to 13.514.9 counting system (TReDS) sales. In its latest data, SIAM from the third quarter onwards. and Scooter India (HMSI) wit- ended December 31, 2018. the SEBI Insider Trading there has been a 13.9% increase million per annum,” it said. would drive future growth said domestic PV sales were at In February, PV market nessed a decline of 11.66% at On March 7, Azim Premji Regulations within the pre- net jobs additions (or 3,32,394 The top job generating leading to more employment, 2,72,284 units in February, leader Maruti Suzuki India 1,45,260 units. Trust had sought pre-clear- scribed timelines. new jobs created), over the past sectors were hospitality and the report said. down from 2,75,346 units in the posted 0.19% increase at Scooter sales in February same month previous year. 1,39,912 units. Hyundai Motor stood at 4,92,584 units as against “What we are seeing is that India saw its PV sales decline by 5,60,653 units in the same the market sentiment is sub- 3.13% to 43,110 units. month last year, down 12.14%, & <&0 % # )" " P dued. Interest rates are still Mahindra & Mahindra, how- SIAM said. Scooter market high and we have not been able ever, posted 16.86% growth at leader HMSI saw its sales dip by New Delhi (PTI): through its joint venture part- bankrupt company. The trans- of Rising’s assets would trans- CEO and chairman Venkat to recover from the impact we 26,106 units. SIAM said domes- 19% to 2,63,299 units during the Biopharmaceutical firm Suven ner Shore Suven Pharma, Inc action is subject to court- form Shore Suven Pharma into Jasti said. Vimal Kavuru, who have had earlier on the year,” tic car sales were also down month. Chennai-based TVS Life Sciences Ltd on Friday said has entered into a “stalking- approved bidding process a strong US generic pharma- will serve as CEO of Shore SIAM director general Vishnu 4.33% to 1,71, 372 units as com- Motor Co also witnessed 8.68% it had entered into an asset pur- horse” asset purchase agree- under Section 363 of US ceutical company. Leveraging Suven Pharma said the oppor- Mathur told reporters here. pared to 1,79,122 units in drop in scooter sales at 83,543 chase agreement to buy the ment to buy the assets of Aceto Bankruptcy Code, the filing Rising’s extensive product port- tunity to work with Rising’s The sales decline in February 2018. units during the month. Hero assets of US-based Aceto Corporation’s Rising added. Shore Suven Pharma folio to become vertically inte- suppliers and employees to February is the seventh instance MSI’s car sales were down MotoCorp posted 19.36% Corporation’s Rising Pharmaceuticals and Rising Inc is a joint venture between grated with our already world ensure continuity of product in the last eight months, with the 3.25% at 1,00,513 units. decline at 56,543 units. Pharmaceuticals through its subsidiaries, Suven Life said in Suven Life Sciences and Shore class API and finished dose supply to customers in con- only positive growth since July Hyundai Motor India also wit- Sales of commercial vehicles joint venture partner Shore a regulatory filing. A stalking- Pharma Investments LLC of manufacturing capabilities will nection with this proposed last year coming in October, he nessed a decline of 6.43% at was also down 0.43% to 87,436 Suven Pharma Inc. horse asset purchase agree- USA. enable us to better serve US integration will be the compa- added. 32,792 units. Honda Cars India, units in February, SIAM said. Suven Life Sciences ment is a bid on the assets of a “This potential acquisition customers,” Suven Life Sciences ny’s top priority. SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE NIFTY 50 11038.85 11049.00 11008.95 11035.40 -22.80 Script Open High Low LTP UNIONBANK 80.00 80.70 77.90 78.20 APOLLOTYRE 216.00 216.95 211.60 212.50 THYROCARE 529.90 529.90 518.20 523.95 NTPC 147.50 154.80 145.35 152.00 5.80 SUZLON 6.96 7.61 6.31 7.33 NMDC 108.35 110.40 107.00 110.00 CIPLA 540.00 543.45 537.10 539.50 CENTURYPLY 186.95 190.00 184.45 188.00 GAIL 345.00 351.00 341.70 350.30 6.15 WIPRO 261.70 261.75 255.60 256.50 GLENMARK 611.40 611.40 596.00 599.60 PVR 1524.30 1554.00 1519.15 1541.00 FINCABLES 434.90 443.10 430.00 440.15 EICHERMOT 21520.00 22093.45 21400.05 21895.00 373.50 JPASSOCIAT 6.91 6.91 6.52 6.57 HDFC 1873.95 1890.00 1870.65 1883.90 UBL 1412.85 1412.85 1375.05 1379.70 ANDHRABANK 26.85 27.10 26.50 26.60 ULTRACEMCO 3924.80 3986.15 3885.50 3969.00 56.20 RELCAPITAL 187.30 197.00 185.35 189.40 MOTHERSUMI 165.95 165.95 160.55 163.60 DIVISLAB 1651.00 1664.10 1639.30 1650.20 SUPREMEIND 1082.20 1093.20 1072.65 1084.75 UPL 871.30 885.00 863.55 884.60 12.55 GRANULES 104.00 114.30 101.00 110.85 EICHERMOT 21500.10 22050.95 21376.40 21865.25 ULTRACEMCO 3970.00 3980.00 3890.00 3967.00 BDL 279.00 279.00 273.00 274.95 BAJAJ-AUTO 2910.00 2964.60 2900.05 2962.00 42.10 ADVENZYMES 161.70 195.90 161.70 191.00 SPICEJET 82.85 83.95 82.55 83.55 WELCORP 120.25 121.30 116.95 117.50 RALLIS 162.55 162.55 158.10 158.60 BAJFINANCE 2724.90 2779.00 2716.60 2763.30 28.50 IBULHSGFIN 719.20 735.65 698.40 702.45 EMAMILTD 392.00 395.00 381.80 383.10 BAJAJFINSV 6598.00 6643.35 6555.00 6625.00 HIMATSEIDE 179.00 183.50 175.00 175.30 TITAN 1044.75 1059.55 1037.00 1053.90 10.60 RNAM 196.95 222.00 195.60 204.30 KOTAKBANK 1249.00 1249.00 1232.20 1237.90 COROMANDEL 470.20 481.00 465.00 477.60 ATUL 3351.25 3400.00 3313.95 3330.00 SUNPHARMA 449.50 457.90 447.30 454.90 4.00 YESBANK 231.80 234.95 229.55 232.40 SIEMENS 1022.00 1030.00 1012.15 1027.00 ECLERX 1082.55 1118.00 1082.55 1094.00 AEGISLOG 206.00 208.00 205.05 205.80 HEROMOTOCO 2731.00 2758.45 2699.95 2747.20 17.10 TATAMOTORS 188.30 188.30 180.50 181.65 IBREALEST 76.00 78.30 75.55 76.05 IBVENTURES 288.40 288.80 282.40 283.25 MAHABANK 13.32 13.33 12.80 13.01 RELINFRA 134.00 136.90 129.50 130.25 GODFRYPHLP 925.00 965.00 925.00 952.50 ZENSARTECH 226.00 226.00 217.40 219.30 CUB 186.80 189.90 184.80 188.45 ITC 290.30 293.00 288.40 291.70 1.60 JAICORPLTD 102.25 113.20 102.25 108.10 INDIGO 1218.50 1255.50 1216.70 1240.00 INTELLECT 191.50 196.70 189.85 190.55 3MINDIA 24250.00 24930.00 23985.00 24818.85 HINDPETRO 248.70 251.40 245.70 250.25 1.25 DHFL 141.60 145.90 139.10 139.75 DRREDDY 2675.90 2684.50 2607.00 2616.00 ENGINERSIN 111.05 113.35 109.45 110.15 UCOBANK 19.45 19.45 19.10 19.25 TCS 2025.00 2033.00 2010.05 2022.75 9.45 SBIN 282.00 284.20 279.80 281.25 JSWSTEEL 290.00 290.00 284.55 287.50 DEEPAKNI 258.40 258.40 250.00 253.00 BASF 1433.10 1433.45 1370.00 1375.90 HDFC 1879.00 1888.00 1871.10 1886.30 6.10 INFY 723.25 725.90 711.10 712.55 TITAN 1045.00 1058.50 1037.85 1055.00 POWERGRID 188.00 188.50 185.35 187.00 CHAMBLFERT 165.00 165.75 161.95 162.45 COALINDIA 233.10 237.50 229.60 235.65 0.65 KEC 274.00 274.05 261.30 266.10 SUVEN 269.85 275.00 263.80 265.10 HEIDELBERG 176.70 181.90 173.50 174.85 TIMETECHNO 104.40 105.40 102.25 103.00 BHARTIARTL 309.75 312.00 307.65 308.50 0.85 JETAIRWAYS 237.80 246.05 237.00 243.10 HEROMOTOCO 2737.15 2760.00 2704.95 2748.50 TATAMETALI 683.75 686.95 664.10 666.60 LALPATHLAB 1015.75 1023.00 1001.00 1001.30 TECHM 810.20 813.50 802.60 810.45 2.20 AXISBANK 731.20 736.35 728.75 732.35 HAVELLS 730.00 730.00 718.00 727.75 TVSMOTOR 485.50 491.15 483.15 488.35 INOXWIND 77.25 78.00 74.95 75.00 BAJAJFINSV 6570.00 6640.00 6550.00 6616.50 18.00 IFCI 13.65 14.06 13.40 13.50 JUBLFOOD 1333.00 1346.40 1316.65 1339.60 DEEPAKFERT 135.00 136.50 133.00 133.90 SKFINDIA 1971.15 1972.00 1946.40 1959.95 ADANIPORTS 340.90 342.95 338.10 341.50 0.60 RCOM 5.81 6.00 5.80 5.85 TATAPOWER 70.55 70.65 68.95 69.85 DCMSHRIRAM 451.00 469.90 444.00 456.80 IOB 14.29 14.70 14.28 14.53 HDFCBANK 2115.05 2130.00 2109.45 2129.00 2.50 LT 1351.20 1364.00 1336.00 1338.35 UPL 868.90 887.60 864.35 883.35 KSCL 421.50 424.80 417.00 421.40 CENTRUM 35.00 35.00 34.30 34.80 KOTAKBANK 1237.00 1243.50 1231.70 1238.00 0.80 PNB 85.20 85.75 83.60 83.85 GRUH 257.50 268.00 255.35 266.90 EQUITAS 126.95 128.00 123.65 124.95 BAJAJHLDNG 3251.70 3326.35 3243.80 3310.00 CARERATING 992.70 1000.00 992.50 995.00 INFRATEL 304.80 310.00 304.05 305.80 0.15 RPOWER 12.34 12.55 11.87 11.97 ASIANPAINT 1397.25 1397.25 1380.70 1381.20 MPHASIS 993.05 994.20 976.70 980.15 CROMPTON 218.00 224.00 215.55 221.85 GPPL 89.00 89.75 87.50 89.05 YESBANK 231.70 234.90 229.50 231.70 0.00 RELIANCE 1265.05 1274.00 1261.50 1266.60 ORIENTBANK 96.05 96.50 93.55 94.00 MMTC 27.60 28.75 27.60 28.10 CEATLTD 1123.00 1133.40 1113.00 1122.00 CAPPL 416.95 417.85 404.00 408.00 ICICIBANK 369.80 373.40 367.65 370.70 -0.10 ICICIPRULI 323.00 347.00 322.40 340.70 KNRCON 248.00 248.70 238.15 240.45 NIITTECH 1320.00 1325.00 1307.45 1312.95 LTTS 1530.00 1552.00 1522.00 1548.80 IEX 159.40 159.45 157.35 157.50 SBIN 281.85 284.25 279.60 281.50 -0.25 ITC 290.95 293.15 289.20 292.05 MINDTREE 923.00 930.80 917.00 920.95 ITI 96.55 96.70 94.40 94.65 PNBHOUSING 899.95 899.95 882.00 882.00 SCHNEIDER 105.00 105.00 101.00 101.25 POWERGRID 188.00 188.45 185.25 186.80 -0.35 ALBK 53.55 58.20 53.20 57.05 MUTHOOTFIN 570.55 586.30 568.00 572.00 VOLTAS 594.70 596.50 588.20 594.00 GUJALKALI 510.05 527.00 510.05 526.90 VTL 1047.00 1104.30 1046.80 1075.00 AXISBANK 732.00 737.25 728.40 732.30 -1.45 RBLBANK 622.00 641.00 619.70 638.35 LAKSHVILAS 69.85 74.00 67.90 71.85 TORNTPOWER 246.50 251.50 244.00 248.60 TATACOFFEE 92.70 92.90 90.00 90.75 GICHSGFIN 250.05 251.65 247.20 249.70 HINDUNILVR 1706.00 1718.00 1695.10 1701.80 -3.60 NATIONALUM 57.10 58.10 55.90 56.85 REPCOHOME 449.00 458.00 435.05 454.75 CYIENT* 670.00 682.00 670.00 675.00 IBULISL 315.95 334.10 308.05 329.50 BHARATFIN 959.10 960.40 949.60 956.70 RELIANCE 1266.05 1274.45 1262.00 1266.90 -3.35 COALINDIA 234.00 236.40 229.70 234.50 BIOCON 614.80 619.35 613.15 614.80 ITDCEM 115.45 123.80 115.45 123.45 LINDEINDIA 558.00 564.00 542.00 549.50 JKLAKSHMI 344.35 345.00 338.20 338.30 IGL 289.60 294.50 287.75 294.50 BPCL 370.90 371.40 364.65 369.50 -1.20 NTPC 145.55 154.40 145.50 152.35 MFSL 406.65 426.00 406.65 420.50 GREENPLY 145.90 151.25 145.45 150.60 GEPIL 823.00 850.00 823.00 850.00 THERMAX 978.85 987.00 940.00 977.60 DABUR 435.00 435.40 431.00 432.50 GRASIM 810.65 810.65 797.50 805.75 PFIZER 3225.00 3255.10 3182.00 3182.90 TIMKEN 594.00 594.00 568.50 572.50 M&M 672.00 679.70 666.40 669.30 -2.50 GRAPHITE 468.00 470.30 455.70 458.35 TNPL 205.80 226.40 205.80 217.55 INFRATEL 306.85 309.55 303.50 305.95 ITDC 281.80 294.00 279.00 284.20 FINOLEXIND 538.00 540.95 531.15 537.55 GRASIM 810.25 812.35 797.30 807.10 -3.10 ICICIBANK 370.40 373.20 367.75 370.15 BATAINDIA 1350.05 1350.10 1327.25 1333.00 JSLHISAR 91.70 92.50 90.35 91.60 UFLEX 217.75 222.15 216.05 217.60 GALAXYSURF 1080.00 1115.70 1080.00 1104.75 CIPLA 541.00 543.40 538.25 538.75 -2.60 NCC 96.00 101.15 95.90 99.75 HFCL 23.65 23.85 23.00 23.10 EXIDEIND 224.00 226.35 221.10 224.25 HINDZINC 268.15 268.80 265.55 267.00 WABCOINDIA 6428.10 6428.10 6271.65 6295.00 ONGC 152.10 152.60 147.00 151.00 -1.05 TCS 2029.00 2032.60 2010.05 2022.30 DLF 176.00 176.75 173.85 175.60 EVEREADY 209.15 215.50 207.05 208.00 GLAXO 1305.15 1316.15 1270.00 1304.05 JAGRAN 103.00 103.85 102.15 102.65 ASIANPAINT 1393.75 1394.65 1380.00 1385.00 -10.45 SUNPHARMA 450.50 457.50 447.75 455.05 MOIL 162.00 162.25 158.10 158.50 CONCOR 484.35 490.20 481.50 488.70 DCAL 205.90 207.80 201.50 203.70 TRENT 327.80 339.90 325.25 334.60 JSWSTEEL 288.20 289.40 284.20 287.40 -2.30 IOC 150.00 150.35 144.80 148.65 ENDURANCE 1162.75 1179.90 1162.75 1167.50 BALKRISIND 929.00 929.00 901.00 906.70 UNITEDBNK 10.91 11.44 10.91 11.25 GMDCLTD 86.30 86.50 84.30 85.00 IOC 150.00 150.90 144.70 149.00 -1.20 M&M 675.90 679.75 667.25 669.95 MEGH 62.65 63.40 61.20 61.35 SADBHAV 231.55 237.30 222.10 223.35 JYOTHYLAB 186.35 190.35 185.00 186.65 NAVNETEDUL 108.30 109.50 107.70 107.70 ZEEL 459.00 461.60 451.45 454.75 -4.25 NAVKARCORP 44.95 48.00 44.90 46.20 BOMDYEING 119.00 119.65 115.40 115.70 TATAGLOBAL 197.25 197.70 192.75 193.20 TORNTPHARM 1773.95 1785.00 1758.00 1782.20 VBL 806.80 818.30 800.25 802.00 MARUTI 6975.00 7025.00 6951.00 6960.00 -69.05 SUNTV 617.00 620.00 591.90 595.75 NAUKRI 1709.00 1856.40 1709.00 1793.25 WHIRLPOOL 1523.00 1575.05 1509.35 1546.10 VMART 2825.00 2851.60 2795.85 2815.00 TVTODAY 336.65 336.65 324.20 325.20 INDUSINDBK 1529.00 1531.60 1507.95 1515.00 -16.25 TATASTEEL 519.00 519.00 506.30 508.05 RAIN 106.90 109.30 105.60 106.25 NOCIL 139.90 140.00 136.40 137.10 CRISIL 1525.55 1525.55 1430.00 1436.00 GDL 125.00 125.55 122.10 122.50 LT 1350.00 1363.00 1337.00 1338.00 -14.40 ASHOKLEY 90.95 91.00 89.30 89.75 SHK 151.20 158.00 151.20 155.00 J&KBANK 46.10 47.00 45.20 45.80 GODREJCP 710.00 712.35 702.80 707.65 JKCEMENT 795.10 814.85 788.75 812.00 INFY 722.95 722.95 710.65 713.20 -9.75 BANKBARODA 116.00 116.85 113.30 113.60 OIL 178.00 178.00 171.75 173.80 SJVN 25.00 25.25 24.10 24.65 ASHOKA 133.90 136.05 131.00 133.75 KALPATPOWR 400.00 401.80 392.30 401.80 DRREDDY 2668.00 2685.95 2606.50 2623.00 -57.75 JUSTDIAL 532.00 568.00 530.00 557.25 FEDERALBNK 88.00 88.70 87.00 87.50 SREINFRA 30.40 32.20 30.25 31.95 SANOFI 5644.00 5644.00 5420.00 5589.00 IFBIND 881.10 905.70 865.25 898.00 VEDL 174.80 174.80 171.25 172.15 -3.90 JINDALSTEL 165.40 166.00 161.45 162.50 FSL 47.00 47.35 45.55 45.85 FRETAIL 453.60 453.75 441.35 446.00 CHENNPETRO 255.85 258.40 252.00 254.85 SOMANYCERA 365.00 367.35 362.00 365.90 HINDALCO 197.00 197.60 193.60 196.00 -4.60 WOCKPHARMA 424.85 430.10 416.60 422.10 INDIACEM 96.05 97.20 94.65 95.70 CADILAHC 321.05 329.20 321.05 325.10 TRIDENT 66.00 66.65 65.00 66.05 ALKEM 1768.85 1768.85 1745.00 1750.40 IBULHSGFIN 720.00 735.95 698.00 702.00 -17.05 SAIL 54.50 54.50 53.10 53.40 IDBI 44.00 44.30 43.25 43.40 MAGMA 115.20 115.80 112.05 114.30 MAHLOG 490.00 500.00 490.00 500.00 NETWORK18 34.00 34.40 33.75 33.75 TATASTEEL 516.80 518.60 506.30 508.20 -12.95 RECLTD 144.00 144.80 139.80 143.10 UJJIVAN 318.90 324.00 313.00 315.90 SBILIFE 589.95 596.35 584.00 587.15 MRF 57800.05 58019.45 56900.00 57141.60 ERIS 618.15 642.00 618.00 642.00 HCLTECH 1029.40 1029.95 1006.00 1007.00 -27.55 L&TFH 141.40 143.45 139.65 141.70 KANSAINER 433.80 447.00 433.00 445.75 CANFINHOME 289.50 294.20 285.60 287.60 GREAVESCOT 133.00 133.40 130.70 132.00 JBCHEPHARM 338.95 339.35 329.80 332.75 HSCL 119.15 121.00 118.80 119.60 WIPRO 261.10 262.25 256.55 257.60 -11.25 BEML 880.15 913.60 876.00 897.60 RAJESHEXPO 577.95 587.85 573.50 583.85 SUPRAJIT 212.50 222.00 210.35 222.00 HDFCBANK 2119.95 2130.80 2110.65 2127.60 PIIND 966.65 995.65 966.65 992.75 PNCINFRA 135.55 144.00 135.55 141.85 GHCL 239.60 239.75 235.25 236.90 TATAMOTORS 187.80 187.95 180.00 180.70 -8.60 SUNTECK 389.85 409.00 387.30 404.70 SHANKARA 450.05 460.20 445.55 452.00 RAMCOCEM 711.85 726.20 704.50 726.20 NH 226.00 226.55 216.45 223.00 FORCEMOT 1711.20 1769.00 1702.15 1727.20 BRITANNIA 3090.00 3090.00 3021.35 3061.75 PRSMJOHNSN 90.00 92.40 89.15 90.10 KIOCL 144.00 146.95 143.00 143.00 AVANTI 407.30 422.00 406.40 410.85 CENTURYTEX 855.00 858.55 843.00 856.35 ADANIGREEN 35.40 35.95 34.75 35.05 PHOENIXLTD 630.25 639.45 615.80 618.00 HEG 2232.50 2250.90 2180.00 2196.10 MINDAIND 348.00 350.25 339.05 343.00 LAXMIMACH 6355.00 6431.40 6221.60 6255.00 APLLTD 544.15 545.25 535.00 544.00 SCRIP OPEN HIgh LOW LTP CHANGE VEDL 176.00 176.00 171.25 172.35 LAURUSLABS 357.95 357.95 348.70 350.00 AUBANK 584.00 587.30 576.15 586.00 HATSUN 685.00 697.15 679.50 684.95 NIFTY NEXT 50 27401.75 27491.20 27294.45 27458.20 28.70 LEMONTREE 78.45 88.80 78.05 87.05 SCI 39.40 40.55 38.90 39.15 NLCINDIA 69.00 69.00 67.75 68.05 TATAINVEST 840.00 842.60 836.05 836.05 ICICIPRULI 323.60 348.90 322.65 343.00 12.80 RADICO 399.40 406.35 387.90 391.20 WELSPUNIND 60.50 61.05 57.75 58.95 MAXINDIA 65.85 65.85 62.50 63.10 INDOSTAR 357.05 357.05 350.00 350.00 ICICIGI 955.00 985.00 951.60 976.80 25.15 ONGC 152.25 152.25 147.60 150.10 IRB 146.75 148.40 145.65 147.50 OFSS 3455.00 3467.35 3420.00 3445.00 TVSSRICHAK 2273.65 2323.00 2239.00 2280.20 AMBUJACEM 221.30 227.10 220.55 226.75 5.55 JUBILANT 783.50 795.90 747.30 768.50 JMFINANCIL 85.10 86.10 84.25 84.40 APLAPOLLO 1410.10 1414.00 1373.45 1383.05 PGHH 10404.60 10447.00 10198.00 10198.00 PETRONET 228.90 234.90 228.60 234.00 5.00 TATAELXSI 963.00 975.50 951.30 956.85 GMRINFRA 17.10 17.10 16.70 16.85 GSPL 170.05 170.45 167.75 169.90 BAYERCROP 4287.60 4389.95 4284.00 4365.00 INDIGO 1220.00 1256.00 1216.70 1243.00 21.85 PCJEWELLER 79.20 79.50 76.80 77.45 KEI 388.00 391.10 383.15 387.00 ALLCARGO 106.50 108.05 104.50 104.60 SUDARSCHEM 346.95 348.40 342.70 345.30 IDEA 32.00 32.75 31.70 32.55 0.55 INDHOTEL 142.40 147.75 141.95 144.20 MGL 887.95 887.95 872.75 879.05 SONATSOFTW 341.00 341.00 329.00 330.00 SCHAEFFLER 5598.95 5598.95 5480.00 5482.00 ABCAPITAL 98.40 101.00 98.25 100.00 1.50 BAJFINANCE 2734.80 2777.25 2718.55 2766.65 SYNDIBANK 37.55 38.00 36.80 37.20 COCHINSHIP 371.00 377.25 370.00 372.80 PERSISTENT* 648.00 651.00 640.20 643.40 ACC 1555.15 1579.95 1545.00 1577.40 22.35 MARUTI 6999.00 7021.90 6955.00 6972.85 GUJFLUORO 996.00 1022.00 983.00 1006.10 BALMLAWRIE 187.00 194.00 185.00 188.35 ZYDUSWELL 1292.10 1307.00 1273.50 1273.50 AUROPHARMA 722.40 737.65 716.55 735.45 10.25 ABCAPITAL 98.55 101.25 98.05 100.40 REDINGTON 92.15 95.20 91.15 94.10 AIAENG 1788.80 1824.00 1788.80 1809.20 CERA 2582.10 2604.50 2559.95 2569.00 HAVELLS 719.70 729.50 717.65 727.40 8.95 IDEA 32.40 32.65 31.75 32.40 AARTIIND 1478.95 1521.00 1470.60 1482.80 TATACOMM 609.00 616.45 606.95 612.45 MAHLIFE 378.70 379.00 371.50 371.65 LICHSGFIN 487.50 495.00 484.50 494.00 5.95 DBL 569.45 585.00 556.15 560.35 BAJAJELEC 490.00 491.50 481.20 490.35 WESTLIFE 364.40 372.00 360.55 370.00 FDC 176.00 176.65 170.40 174.40 SHREECEM 17450.00 17669.90 17350.00 17650.00 181.50 BEL 88.95 89.10 86.60 87.20 DCBBANK 196.00 197.00 194.90 196.00 DBCORP 194.00 199.70 191.60 197.40 ABBOTINDIA 7312.40 7400.00 7308.90 7380.00 NHPC 25.00 25.45 24.85 25.05 0.25 ZEEL 462.00 462.00 451.20 454.90 APOLLOHOSP 1200.00 1200.00 1152.15 1167.00 ASTRAZEN 1974.00 2021.45 1962.00 1975.00 GILLETTE 6422.00 6480.00 6420.05 6465.00 BRITANNIA 3041.00 3079.50 3021.00 3071.25 27.40 IDFCFIRSTB 48.65 49.45 48.50 48.85 CGPOWER 36.45 36.85 35.75 36.20 CHOLAFIN 1301.80 1312.00 1285.10 1286.55 TIINDIA 384.35 385.55 371.20 377.05 MONSANTO 2613.20 2670.00 2607.40 2661.55 BANDHANBNK 495.00 506.80 492.00 500.20 3.55 BHARTIARTL 309.50 312.35 307.60 308.75 ADANIPORTS 340.85 343.55 338.10 342.70 OBEROIRLTY 476.00 486.00 472.00 479.70 VINATIORGA 1629.50 1650.00 1629.50 1639.50 GULFOILLUB 884.95 891.85 872.00 872.00 L&TFH 140.10 143.40 139.75 141.70 0.95 GUJGAS 129.50 137.20 126.50 135.60 NESTLEIND 10196.85 10197.15 10028.10 10105.70 MERCK 3549.70 3549.70 3400.00 3415.00 NIACL 197.80 198.50 192.00 197.90 CCL 299.90 299.90 285.50 285.50 BIOCON 613.00 619.50 611.60 614.30 2.75 HINDUNILVR 1711.95 1717.95 1696.00 1701.00 DELTACORP 257.00 259.40 252.90 254.25 PAGEIND 23198.90 23450.00 22900.00 23100.00 KPRMILL 585.30 586.95 578.95 584.00 NILKAMAL 1383.20 1393.70 1375.00 1389.95 SIEMENS 1021.00 1030.00 1010.90 1025.90 4.50 SPARC 189.25 195.40 188.00 191.45 MCX 735.00 745.20 717.00 727.20 HINDCOPPER 49.40 50.50 49.00 49.25 CARBORUNIV 378.50 386.50 378.50 382.95 FORTIS 135.35 135.55 134.70 135.00 PEL 2574.00 2604.40 2536.80 2585.00 9.75 STRTECH 267.60 275.00 265.65 268.40 BANDHANBNK 495.10 506.40 492.35 502.10 NATCOPHARM* 574.80 574.80 564.00 567.95 PTC 78.40 79.70 78.20 78.25 SYNGENE 588.70 590.90 584.85 586.15 NMDC 107.60 111.00 107.00 109.35 0.40 LUPIN 799.80 799.80 771.00 779.85 ESCORTS 735.10 735.35 723.70 729.65 INOXLEISUR 295.50 308.75 292.60 306.95 KAJARIACER 563.20 569.25 561.90 566.00 ASTRAL 1218.75 1218.75 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510.75 515.00 509.45 515.00 NAVINFLUOR 637.50 650.00 637.50 644.00 HONAUT 21974.05 22000.00 21800.55 21977.00 BEL 88.00 89.00 86.80 87.20 -2.15 MANAPPURAM 118.65 121.00 117.00 118.05 INDUSINDBK 1530.00 1530.30 1510.00 1518.35 JSL 41.00 42.55 40.40 42.00 MOTILALOFS 607.95 607.95 589.80 600.90 RATNAMANI 875.00 884.90 869.80 884.90 PGHH 10549.90 10549.90 10172.75 10172.75 -273.25 HINDALCO 197.00 197.95 193.80 195.40 VENKYS 2210.00 2230.00 2185.00 2192.80 GODREJPROP 709.80 709.80 694.20 701.00 ISGEC 5177.00 5414.00 5177.00 5331.10 TIFHL 476.35 480.00 473.50 480.00 SUNTV 614.85 620.20 591.30 596.60 -17.10 AMBUJACEM 222.00 227.00 220.45 227.00 CANBK 255.95 258.05 252.75 254.40 HUDCO 45.25 45.35 44.50 44.70 GSKCONS 7065.00 7110.80 7018.80 7059.00 SHRIRAMCIT 1670.30 1678.85 1667.95 1675.00 # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ / > # O %5 ; +6 P " N O+ # /# ) >6) <& ) ! %6+ $9: could mean Britain never British MPs will vote on leaves. 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Westminster face a crucial Pa First Information Report “sustained and irreversible” choice: against “unidentified pilots” of actions against terrorist Whether to the Indian Air Force (IAF) for groups operating from its back the bombing and destroying 19 territory to prevent future Brexit deal or trees in the Balakot area, accord- attacks and promote region- to reject it,” ing to a media report, days after al stability. Theresa May India’s preemptive strike against The State said. the Jaish-e-Mohammed’s largest Department statement “Back it terrorist training camp in the came as Pakistan, under glob- and the UK country. al pressure after the Pulwama will leave the The FIR was filed by the terror attack European forestry department on Friday and India’s air strikes Union. Reject against pilots of the IAF for against Jaish-e-Mohammed it and no one bombing and destroying trees in (JeM) terrorist camp in knows what the Balakot area, the Express Balakot in Khyber will happen,” News reported. Pakhtunkhwa province on she said. The FIR, registered against February 26, “We may “unidentified IAF pilots”, also started taking actions against not leave the details the damage suffered by 19 some of the terrorist outfits EU for many trees after the Indian fighter jets and their leaders over the past months, we “hastily dropped their payload”, few days. may leave it says. In Islamabad, the without the On March 26, India Interior Ministry on Thursday protections said IAF jets, in the face of immi- announced that a total of 121 that the deal nent danger, launched a pre- members of provides. We emptive strike on Balakot in the proscribed groups have so may never Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa far been taken into “preventive leave at all.” province. detention” across Pakistan. +# # # <)==" #! 8 R 9 -$/+ %"2 wide project, led by the Republican president’s daughter and resident Donald Trump’s 2020 senior adviser. Pbudget proposal will include The official was not authorized $100 million for a global women’s fund to speak publicly about budget spearheaded by his daughter Ivanka details in advance and requested Trump. anonymity. A White House official told The new initiative aims to help 50 The Associated Press that the million women in the developing world budget, expected to be released get ahead economically over the next six Monday, will include the funding years. It involves the State Department, for the Women’s Global Development the National Security Council and and Prosperity Initiative. other agencies. The administra- tion last month launched the government- 12 > # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ % 14 #@ 11 7 '7 7 27 '# 2 ** "' 17' @7 A@# + & 9 + P " + ) ) ! + +K ) + 3 )) 3 !!! !" !+K 3 ) 3 3 !+ 3 ) ) ! !0 + B@) + ) 3 ) ) !$ K 3 ) !" ) 3 + + !+ ) ) !+ ) + 3 ) ! ! ! ! ! @? ) ) ) 0$/ +"6 Q*'"; ) '4)7; *#)(!)(%&- ((" recent accident in Delhi involved a Bentley Bentayga Abeing driven by a 19-year old ;;4)R youth which slammed into an auto- rickshaw killing one of the occu- pants. Being someone who has driven in Delhi and across India for "#$,,# 0 a long time, I will not absolve the auto driver of blame. The average :0$/+ $/6 auto-rickshaw driver is clueless about concepts like right of way and the idea of flashing indicators is alien to them. Of course, in that respect they much like most folks taking control of a motorised vehi- cle in India. However, there is lit- s they say, life happens tle doubt that the Bentayga driver while you’re busy was in all likelihood driving a making other plans vehicle far beyond his competence and actress Taapsee levels. Pannu is a firm believ- Most of us know that in India, Aer of that. She says, “Every other with the exception of some states person in the world can have a like Delhi, the process of getting a peaceful ride, enjoy the present driving licence is a corrupt and moment, yet we can’t help but flawed one. I have noticed several make plans for future in order to taxi drivers with licences from be assured. But the actual experi- other states in Delhi with extreme- ence of being alive is beyond -,6,%,""+ % ly poor understanding of driving those plans that happens to us ""61",. rules and regulations. But this is not when they are least unexpected. I an elitist issue. Many young chil- than any other nation on earth. abuse the system, even rich fathers am that point in my life where I "2-6.$ 26, dren get a licence at the age of 18 And while there are young 18- would balk at the premium of let- feel it’s all a dream. I never aimed , %%+ % with little or no understanding of year-olds in India with the requisite ting his 18-year old drive a moder- at becoming an actor. I never road rules and regulations. And this driving skills to handle a powerful ately powerful BMW, because the dreamt of it. If I hadn’t stepped $"26+,$!-/, is the scary part, when you get a dri- car, you can probably count them premium would be half the cars into this industry, I probably "/,12 ", "+$ ving licence it says which class of on your fingertips. Let me assure value, and in most nations a crash wouldn’t have even realised that I vehicle you can drive — two- you when I turned 18, I did not history record would lead to insur- could act.” 6,&#,2#&, a Spanish film but the entire social causes. The actress dis- wheeler, light motor vehicle or a have the skills to handle a 100 ance premiums doubling. The eas- Taapsee tries to make the best /;, 21/2+1, insight is very different,” she says. agrees. She feels that it would be heavy vehicle. There are no restric- horsepower car back then, it takes iest solution in India would be a out of each and every opportuni- The film, which released yes- better to say that the industry is tions on power and performance. experience and it helps if you get similar route, insurance premiums ty. She believes that to stay on path, 90""2 terday which opened to good creating good content rather than So you could technically drive a some training. I have driven some should be determined on the basis every person must live in the pre- 12 ,1"-+"/ reviews, is Taapsee’s second outing forcefully putting realism into its Bentley Bentayga with 500 horse- manic cars on the streets of Delhi of the age of the driver and lying sent and “let go of fear.” with Amitabh Bachchan after focus. She says, “It’s because we are power the day you get your DL and Indian highways but I know should be made punishable. And About her recent thriller, +"!%22. +& Pink, the film which put the spot- getting attracted towards more when you should ideally be driving how to control the power but most while the Indian auto industry is Badla, which is a remake of a ,,#$"/, light on her. engaging stories. The content mat- a Maruti Alto or Hyundai Santro. other road users in India are not cribbing about new long-term Spanish film, she believes that the After portraying disparate and ters and when it is real, people This is not just specific to India expected to comply with rules. insurance requirements, they were Indian audience is not quite open 0.+, 1, offbeat characters, there is still one have no choice but to connect with though, across the world you can That is not accounting for our bur- necessary. when remakes of any story are /22 ,. 26 left for Taapsee. She says she real- it. A good film is one that keeps drive whatever vehicle you want the geoning bovine population on the However, I am suggesting made, they prefer original content "-2/206$ ly wants do X-Men or Avengers as the audience hooked. It could be day you get your DL, and that is roads. Handling a powerful car isn’t another solution. There should be over anything. However, telling the she is a huge fan of super hero any genre — thriller or comedy.” either when you turn 16 or 18. In something you should do straight a special driving licence in India to same story again doesn’t always films. She says, “It hasn’t happened For her, it doesn’t matter what most countries the driving tests are out of basic driving school, it takes drive a car with more than 250 mean that it isn’t unique. “A story yet and I’m eagerly looking for- you are showcasing but the man- far more stringent but even then time, particularly in India. horsepower. The reason for that is a world view of what a filmmak- ward to it.” ner in which it is being projected. few go as far as Finland where dri- In many Western nations, mas- number? Because 99 per cent of er set out to do under the given Bollywood is currently high An instance — Badla. vers have to be trained to drive in sive insurance premiums for cars sold in India have less than that circumstances and what they bring on the trend of biopics, and Taapsee’s next project is slippery and icy conditions. Little younger drivers restrict them to amount of power. And remember out from various characters. increasingly picking up subjects Mission Mangal. wonder Finland has more Rally and small, less powerful machines. the saying, with great power comes Though the structure might be of that portray realism or stand for ) ) 9 . F1 World Champions per capita While this means that the rich can great responsibility. ?3 @ P " ; !# !// !! !$ # ! # ! # 8">,-((?( !' !8 > # 8 ! 5 +($" ?8?$ ith its sun-bleached shores and Mauritius. But visiting the Bangladesh. The country is beauti- completely by surprise? and stunning islands, the Maldives was the most beautiful and ful and although the people face I was endlessly surprised by the WIndian Ocean washes exotic part of the journey. We trav- enormous challenges, they adapt, places we visited. In fact, there was- some of the most beautiful and exot- elled to breathtaking coral atolls, free- they struggle and they survive. We n’t a single day when I didn’t feel ic locations on the planet — dived with dozens of manta rays, and tend to associate it just with disas- amazed or challenged by what I saw Zanzibar, the Seychelles, Mauritius, landed on stunning remote islands. ters, flooding and tragedy, but it is and learnt. In Mozambique, we vis- the Tasman Sea. But the world’s third When I was a child growing-up in also a lush, beautiful country with ited a former 5-star hotel that used largest body of water is also crucial grey west London, I had a poster on some of the warmest and friendliest to be one of the grandest in Africa, to its future — politically, econom- my ceiling of a gorgeous paradise people on the planet. but has since been stripped bare and ically and environmentally. beach fringed by palm trees. I used is now home to thousands of locals From pirates plaguing ships off to stare at that beach in wonder, You visit some beautiful places and refugees. It sounds desperate, the coast of Somalia, to the Tamils never imagining I’d be able to visit throughout the series but also find and it certainly wasn’t luxurious, but of Sri Lanka and the rise of militant somewhere similar. But the Maldives yourself in a number of difficult the residents are an inspiring lot Islam in Yemen and Sumatra, the really is like that. It’s truly exotic. I’ve situations. What was the scariest who have elected their own mayor region touches places of extreme never been anywhere quite like it. situation you found yourself in? and formed committees for sanita- volatility. It is also increasingly the Another difficult question to tion, housing, security and so on. hub of global trade and competition, What was the most extreme? answer. I was in a drug-den in South That all came as a surprise. So did and industrial activity which, in turn, At the other end of the spectrum, we Africa, and on the frontline in finding a vast, stinking, toxic rub- has a huge impact. Author and doc- also visited Mogadishu in Somalia, Mogadishu with bullets whizzing bish island in the Maldives, which umentary filmmaker Simon Reeve which is often described as the over my head, but the scariest situ- they don’t put in the brochures, and travelled around the region for his most dangerous city on the planet. ation was probably driving on visiting an island off Kenya where new show, Indian Ocean with Simon Conflict has raged in Somalia for Indian roads with huge trucks and locals recycle the world’s discarded Reeve. Through the show the audi- decades. The government collapsed buses rocketing the wrong way flip-flops into toys. We also discov- ence would be able to witness the after a civil war, warlords took over towards us in our lane. In other ered a place where smugglers race portrait of a fascinating and increas- and battled endlessly. At least one scary situations, I had a moment to illicit refrigerators to Iran on super- ingly important area, as Reeves million people have died. Because of dive behind, cover or flee, but powered speedboats, and visited engages in the lives and struggles of the constant instability and anarchy, there’s not much I could do when I ship-breaking beaches where the its varied coastal people. Excerpts: Somalia has become the source of the was strapped into the front passen- world’s huge tankers go to be ripped piracy epidemic that plagues the African peacekeeping force that is groin. But it’s not somewhere you Bangladesh and Australia, to name ger seat in India, except pray. apart by an army of workers. The You’ve called this as your most exot- western Indian Ocean. It’s also trying to bring peace and stability to ever feel safe. It’s the most extreme a few. Which is your favourite? journey was fascinating, shocking, ic and extreme journey. Which was increasingly becoming a source of the country after decades of fighting. place I’ve ever visited. I loved visiting Australia, Oman, Sri You’ve visited more than 110 hilarious and amazing. And always the exotic part of the journey? international terrorism, and I felt it We had our flak jackets and helmets, Lanka, Tanzania, Madagascar, and countries over the years and have surprising. It’s a tough one to answer. The Indian was somewhere we had to visit if we of course, and even blast boxer- Your journey took you from the tip Indonesia. There’s nowhere we vis- encountered many different peo- (The series will premiere on Ocean is home to endless stunning were to tell the story of the ocean. We shorts, which can help to prevent of South Africa to Madagascar, the ited that I wouldn’t love to visit again. ple and customs. Were there any March 11 and air from Monday to tropical islands like the Seychelles were under the protection of an blast and fragment injuries to the Seychelles, Somalia, the Maldives, But I’m particularly fond of places on this trip that took you Friday at 9 pm on Sony BBC Earth.) 12 > # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ 6 -3 Q2: /"66,, %"+& 6+"$/6+;$"; +": ,/6 $+ + $""6 ) 3 5 hat do you get when you ally invested in their personal stories. have four powerhouse directors who have a dis- After watching the trailer, many people tinct oeuvre in one place? have compared it to the film Band A swirl of ideas and Baaja Baaraat. What do you have to say? thoughtsW that might not be linear but each Zoya: People say anything. When of which is certainly coherent and indi- Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara released, they vidualistic. Zoya Akhtar, Reema Kagti, said it was like Hangover. When Gully Boy Alankrita Shrivastava and Nitya Mehra trailer went on air, they said it was Eight might have learnt the ropes from some of Miles. Now they are saying Band Baaja the best in the industry but now are names Baaraat. The thing is that all the films that to reckon with on their own. The four of they are comparing with are good. them have come together to collaborate Nitya: There’s Monsoon Wedding too. on Made in Heaven, a show that is being Zoya: We are in good company, so we aired on Amazon Prime, a digital platform. aren’t comparing. So while Zoya, Reema and Alankrita wrote Reema: Any film that breaks the the script where the protagonists are wed- mould will always be compared. ding planners, Nitya was the showrunner Zoya: That is because they want to who ensured continuity as each of them have a reference point. directed a few episodes. They reveal what Reema: Sometimes they are jumping makes them a part of the new content-dri- the gun. Sometimes they are being the ven entertainment, one where they are know-it-all. breaking barriers beyond just gender. When you were conceptualising the The show is on Indian weddings, the show, did you know there would be four economy and the culture around it. directors? What were some of the discoveries you Zoya: When the show got green-lit, made while researching for it? our individual films also took off almost Reema: For that, you will have to at the same time. So we knew that we watch the show (laughs). Yes, there was a would not be able to direct the entire sea- lot of research that we did on the subject son ourselves. Initially, we thought just the and found out so many aspects that we did three of us would do it but then we realised not know about. Marriage is not big in that we had to add one more because there India without a reason. It is the problem- was no way I could direct more than two. solver for everything and an equaliser of I had to leave because I had to prep for sorts. Some of our personal and family Gully Boy. experiences have also made it to the show. Reema: I could not shoot any because The idea first came from Zoya as she has I was shooting Gold. a friend of hers who works in the business. Nitya: I could have directed but then Nitya: Zoya and Reema recently I just became the show runner, so I could- attended back to back weddings of two of n’t. Despite that, I directed the maximum our mutual friends in Delhi. They stayed (three). with me and since it was like a break from Zoya: While we were prepping it, she work, we observed everything as specta- was promoting Lipstick. tors. Zoya: That’s when I realised that there The actors, how did you zero down on was so much of backroom gush to produce them? a great magical spectacle, much like a said, it was nice to have different directors about them? If men have been telling sto- process? ing process as I have never really collab- Zoya: They just worked for the part. grand film. It was a fascinating mosaic of for different weddings. And every time ries about other men without getting Zoya: Any project that you do, you orated for anything from a scratch. I real- Shobhita Dhulipala has something very ideas and imagination. It inspired me so someone was straying, we just brought stereotyped, I don’t know what’s the learn. You take something from the team ly wanted to work with Zoya and Reema. mysterious about her which kind of much that I actually got to a desk to write them back. harm in having women protagonists? you work with and they take something And it turned out to be so much fun. I works with her. She also has this sense that about it. Alankrita: We were on the same page Nitya: Moreover a typical story is a off you. That is a part and parcel of life. think I grew up a lot through it. For me she can oscillate between two worlds while developing it. We knew what the typical story regardless of the gender of the There is a certain comfort and cama- it was very new and exciting. I will real- which is important for the show. She has How did the four of you manage to location would be or what we were look- maker. raderie that develops. There is a certain ly cherish that. this appearance of being in control and maintain the creative tempo? ing for in terms of cast. When you’ve Zoya: Alankrita’s Lipstick Under My amount of trust that you can go to sleep Nitya: In a film you really don’t get the perfect. She has that cold vibe. You start Zoya: The slight style difference is wel- worked on the material and been a part Burkha was not typical at all. with while the other person has your back. chance to collaborate as much. You will unravelling and you realise what makes come. The bigger picture was that the of the developing process, you kind of That is something that is non-negotiable. do it with the crew. There is one DOP and her steely. Her test was very good. three of us (Reema, Zoya, Alankrita) wrote know what you want. It made it much sim- How do you see the digital platform, That is not something that you find eas- you are the director. In that sense, the for- Arjun (Mathur), we love. He is a very it and so we were already on the same page pler that we did not come in from the cold. since all of you are directing for it for the ily. mat is very different. Very rarely do you good actor. There is something very frag- as we had come on board from the begin- Nitya: Once the crew sets in, it is easy first time? Reema: The project has been going on see that one writer is writing nine episodes ile about ning while she (Nitya) was the show run- whether directors come in or not. If it is Reema: Nitya has worked on such a for one-and-a- half years, so you cannot or one director is doing all of them. This him. He is very attractive. Men like him ner. It was a challenge to treat the subject not working, then you just make it work. format before. expect us to do nothing but this. So as peo- was more of a collaboration. and visually. Each wedding is episodically dif- Alankrita: And we are just this amaz- Nitya: Yes, I directed some episodes ple came and went, whosoever was there so do women. It is very easy to fall for him ferent, so each chapter changes how you ing set of people, so we do know how to of the first season of 24. It was for televi- would cover for everybody else. Indians are still obsessed with the idea on screen. He doesn’t come with rubbish want to treat it in terms of design and style. work well. (All of them laugh). sion but still in an episodic format. This Nitya: It has been a true collaboration. of a big fat wedding. Is that the reason about whether he should play this part or We had a continuity with the crew and our Nitya: We also had Prashant Nair is definitely the first web series. Zoya: That to me is very precious. why you did this show? not. actors are very good. The moment they get (director of episode 5 and 6) who was not Zoya: A series has a different base. It Zoya: I mean, yes. World over people Nitya: He is Karan Mehra. He plays their pitch, they do not need the director a part of the process. So I understood that has eight hours to tell a story, develop char- So all of you have known each other out- are obsessed with weddings. Some are big the part of a homosexual in the show. But telling them what their character graph is, he needed a little more of hand-holding. acters, get nuances and layers. There is a side work? and fat and some are even one-day, com- he is not looking at that. He is going they know it. Zoya: If you’re clear about your lot of time to develop the arc. There is no Alankrita: We (Zoya and Reema) pact affairs. Everyone is obsessed with beyond because that is just his orientation. Alankrita: What worked for all of us specifics and pen them down to the last censorship and no pressure of box office have know each other the longest since we their wedding day. The beauty of the That is not his character. When Zoya men- is that we went with our instinct and gut detail, work with your actors to grow into and opening weekend. But you have to were assistant directors together in our 20s. Indian wedding is that it is such a mas- tioned him, very soon his picture was up feeling. the characters... in short if your prep is shoot very fast and tighten your budget. We met Nitya on the sets of Lakshya sive celebration and with that comes so on the board. Zoya: All four of us believe in origi- thorough, there are no disputes. Yet I thoroughly enjoyed it and considered around 2003-2004. much hoopla. nality and that honesty is the reason why it a new training ground. I think I really Nitya: They were my bosses. (laughs) Nitya: Which is a great backdrop for Any more plans of collaborating? there is a seamless flow to things. Would you say that you have been able grew up and I want to continue doing it. Zoya: We met and we became bud- drama. Zoya: I hope so. I feel like-minded peo- to break out of that mould of being cat- dies. The story about Alankrita is really Zoya: There are generations, family, ple in the industry should collaborate. There How did you resolve creative differences egorised as women directors? Would you say that in films and web weird because I read her script before I money — all of that is involved. is learning, fun and it makes for better work. in terms of show continuity, from one Zoya: I haven’t directed any typical series, the projection of women is chang- met her. I had read the script of Lipstick Nitya: The show goes really beyond Reema: Normally when you are writ- episode to the next? woman-centric film and my subjects ing but the same cannot be said about Under My Burkha as part of the Sundance the weddings. They are the backdrop, of ing and directing alone, it can be quite lone- Reema: That’s why Nitya was the have been vastly different between pro- TV? Lab which has to be anonymous. I was vet- course. The tracks of the protagonists (the ly. So I loved having so many women showrunner throughout. jects. Yet that is what I keep hearing. Zoya: I don’t watch TV honestly ting or judging or whatever for lack of a wedding planners) and the turmoil that around. Nitya: That is a part of my job pro- Alankrita: It is a very offensive thing because the shows don’t appeal to me or better word. I read the script and I fell in they are going through in their personal file to absorb breaks in movement if the to say that women make typical films. We speak to me. I don’t connect with them. love with it. Later, when we were devel- lives as they are planning them, as well as What went on behind the scenes? crew or the director changes. Not too never set a grammar for male directors or Reema: To be fair, there are also a lot oping the script of Made in Heaven, I the new families that pop up in each Nitya: We were not really together. many people know about this job because attribute content to their worldview. A of films and web series that are regressive. called up Urmi Juvekar, who is a writer episode... all jostle for a space in the can- Except for me who was there throughout. it is new. The primary job of a showrun- protagonist is a protagonist and a story is It is not as if only this format is regressive. and was part of the same lab, to get vas. So there is a social commentary as People would come and go. It was not like ner is to be able to bring everybody that a story irrespective of the fact whether it Zoya: Absolutely. All TV is not regres- Alankrita’s contact. So, I was in love with well. since there were so many of us and just is straying away on the same page and to is about a man or a woman. The bigger sive, just as every web series is not pro- her before I met her. (Both of them laugh) Zoya: And there are egos. because it was a wedding theme, it was going whatever was decided in the beginning. question is whether you are humane and gressive. I guess it depends on who is seri- Reema: We just fell into a system. I to be a blast. Weddings are serious work. We did have a writers’ and a directors’ sensitive in your treatment. ous about challenging norms, pushing the was a bit worried as Zoya and I have been Is it possible to watch one episode There are a lot of people and huge sets room but we read the entire series from Zoya: Absolutely. envelope and making a mark. collaborating for long and we have a sys- alone? involved. We also wanted to explore the the first to the last episode and if any direc- Alankrita: Also, when 50 per cent of tem. But Alankrita came and fitted right Alankrita: It is a seasonal story, so no. scale that Delhi weddings have. It was chal- tor had a problem, it was brought to the the population comprises women, why Would you say that the collaboration in. Nitya: The wedding planners remain lenging. table as were the suggestions. Like Zoya shouldn’t 50 per cent of the stories be between the four of you was a learning Alankrita: For me, it was a huge learn- throughout the season, so you are actu- ) ) 9 . 23 n the occasion of ary whenever I face obstacles “If it played out that way International Womens ! ! # and stand strong with my con- and created impact, it is great. ODay, 21 women such viction that I will do ‘improv’”. But initially, that was not my as actresses Neena Gupta and On one of the defining intention, I did what my job, my Swara Bhasker, rapper Hard moments of her journey that craft allowed me to do,” she Kaur and yoga expert Natasha we should engage people changed her life, actress-host explained. Noel came together to cele- globally with our art because Kubbra said, “My mother pro- Natasha Noel, a survivor of brate womanhood through a we are not just artistes but also tected me so much when I was sexual violence, spoke about music video titled Fire with- citizens.” a child that I was scared to go how she reached a point and in me. Referring to the #MeToo beyond my call of duty. Then decided not to be defined by the The video, which features movement, she said, “One one day when I was 21 years sorrow of her life. the women, is part of the cam- hashtag that started many old, my mother put me on a “I was three years old when paign #ishapemyworld by years ago, restarted in 2017... flight to Dubai saying that ‘You my birth mother burnt herself Levi’s brand. it has changed our mind on get yourself a job!’ I was scared. live in front of me. Of course Swara said, “As an artiste, how we look at our workplace I mean a girl who did not even that affected me but like all of my job is not just to express and why certain behaviour travel alone and now in a dif- us would love to believe that but to engage. Films are trans- from people in the position of ferent country, searching for a things will be fine with time, formative, they are humon- power is not accepted.” job?” mine got worse.” gous… Kubbra’s (Sait) perfor- Talking about engaging “But when I think about it, “So much so that I started mance (of a transgender) in the audience with art, come- my mother gave me constant getting comfortable with pain… Sacred Games was found dian Kaneez Surkha said, “As support, had confidence in me, and then, I realised that I was inspiring by many people a comedian, I find ‘improv’ I won every situation. When I carrying it with me all the from that community, it was more engaging than stand-up took up the role of Kukko in time. I thought without my a representation of that com- comedy and every time I am Sacred Games, though people pain, I could not be anything. munity. doing it, I am doing it out of said that it was a bold choice, I But, I don’t want to be defined “Rest is whatever res- passion… without intending did not look at it that way. It was by my pain. Thus, I picked onates with the audience, but to break the norms.” not courageous to play that (a myself up and found my way to a performance, a good film, a “But it made me realise transgender character), I was heal,” the yoga expert said. good story — has a power. So, that I’m pushing the bound- just doing my job.” L -& ># # &#%$#( %#) *#% .+,-./+ -2#5 %' )7 6 1/+ The true nature of the pitch in-front. helped him hit through the Rayudu, not the most reli- irat Kohli looked like a line as he smashed 16 fours and able player against quality fast 'Man on a Mission' wear- a six. bowlers, was beaten for pace by Ving the camouflage army However Adam Zampa Cummins, who pegged his off- cap for the better part of his 41st (3/70), by far the most impact- stump back. ODI hundred but that wasn't ful Aussie bowler, yorked the After winning the toss, enough to prevent India from Indian skipper after having Indian pacers covered up com- losing the third ODI against accounted for former skipper mendably for a rare off-day Australia by 32 runs on Friday. Mahendra Singh Dhoni (26). endured by the spinners as vis- Usman Khawaja's hundred He did get hit but he would any itors were restricted to 313 for and Aaron Finch's 93 saw day take wickets of Kohli, Dhoni five despite a 193-run opening Australia put up a more than and Kedar Jadhav (26) in return. stand between skipper Finch decent 313 for five and India Kohli had three significant and Khawaja. could manage only 281 in 48.2 partnerships -- 59 with Dhoni Khawaja (104, 113 balls) overs, that too solely due to for the fourth wicket, 88 with scored his maiden ODI ton Kohli's 123 off 95 balls. Jadhav for the fifth wicket and while Finch (93, 99 balls) chose It was yet another superla- 45 with Vijay Shankar for the this particular match to get tive effort from the Indian skip- sixth -- but none good enough back to form. per, who lacked adequate sup- to take India across the line. Maxwell (47 off 31 balls) port from the other end as Shikhar Dhawan (1), Rohit also contributed with lusty Australia kept the five-match Sharma (14) and Ambati blows. series consequential going into Rayudu (2) were dismissed The Indian spinners -- the fourth game in Mohali on cheaply as India was left totter- Ravindra Jadeja (0/64 in 10 Sunday. ing at 27 for three and it was overs) and Kedar Jadhav (0/32 Kohli scored his first 50 off always a difficult task from in 2 overs) -- were carted all 52 balls and the next 50 off just there on. around the park. 33 balls which was sheer class as Dhawan's slash was Kuldeep Yadav (3/64 in 10 always. The acceleration was so grabbed by Glenn Maxwell at overs), however, redeemed him- sudden that it even took the point while Cummins angled self at the back-end of the Australian attack by surprise. one to trap Rohit Sharma plumb innings. 1 P 1Q89 6 1/+ "This is a special cap, it's a tribute to the Armed forces. We're all donating our match fees s a mark of respect for the CRPF personnel of this game to the National Defence Fund. I urge Awho lost their lives in the Pulwama terror- everyone in the country to do the same, donate ist attack, the Indian cricketers on Friday sport- and stick to the families of our armed forces," ed special Army caps during the third ODI and Kohli said. donated their match fee to the National Defence It is learnt that the idea for this tribute was Fund. floated by former skipper Mahendra Singh Captain Virat Kohli came out for the toss Dhoni, who holds the honorary rank of wearing the camouflage military cap, which had Lieutenant Colonel in the Territorial Army. the BCCI's logo on it. However, a top official of Dhoni handed the caps to his teammates and the Board made it clear that it was a one off ges- the Indian cricket board put out a video of it on ture and rejected media reports that this could micro-blogging site Twitter. become an annual practice. A playing XI member gets 8 lakh as match "The circumstances in this case are extra- fees per game in ODIs and the reserve players ordinary, we don't have plans to make it an annu- get half that amount. al affair," the official said. Earlier, the BCCI had decided to donate the Kohli urged everyone to contribute towards entire budget of the IPL opening ceremony for the National Defence Fund so that the money the benefit of the families of those killed in the could be used for the welfare of the families of terrorist attack. the slain CRPF Personnel. & $ ,-.,&/+ entrants in the C group. Bhuvneshwar also lost out Mayank Agarwal, Prithvi on A plus category as he is no cknowledging Rishabh Shaw and Vijay Shankar, who longer an all- format certainty. APant's consistent perfor- have made impression in Tests The same logic was applied mance, the BCCI has rewarded and limited overs respectively, to Cheteshwar Pujara as he the young wicketkeeper-bats- have not been included in the was retained in A category man with a grade A retainership list since they do not meet the contract. while demoting senior opener criteria of having played either "Pujara did well in Australia Shikhar Dhawan from the elite three Tests or eight ODIs. but A plus category is only for A plus category in the latest list It seems to be curtains for those who are excelling in at of Central Contracts. veterans Murali Vijay and least two if not three formats. The Indian cricket Board Suresh Raina, who have been Pujara is only playing one for- (BCCI) announced the annual dropped from the list after mat. Similarly Ishant Sharma contracts late on Thursday being in A and C group in last plays one format and is in A cat- night, handing retainership to year's list. They are no longer in egory," a BCCI official said. 25 cricketers in four groups of reckoning for national team. Ajinkya Rahane remains A plus (7 crore), A (5 crore), The biggest gainer is 21- in A category while Kuldeep B (3 crore) and C (1 crore). year-old Pant, who wasn't a part Yadav is also part of second best Last year 26 players were of the last year's list but direct- group. handed contracts. ly made it to the A group with Hardik Pandya and KL Not only Dhawan but pacer 10 others. Rahul, the two players Bhuvneshwar Kumar has also Pant is expected to be a first embroiled in recent chat show been dropped from the highest- choice in all formats once MS controversy, remain in B group paying category and now only Dhoni retires. He was reward- along with Umesh Yadav and three players — skipper Virat ed for being the first Indian Yuzvendra Chahal. Kohli, limited overs deputy keeper to score Test hundred in Wriddhiman Saha, who Rohit Sharma and premier England and Australia. missed out on entire last season pacer in all formats speedster The notable loser was due to a shoulder surgery, has Jasprit Bumrah — figure in the Dhawan, who has had dip in been demoted from B to C cat- elite category. form in last six months in egory. Jayant Yadav, Karun Nair, While left arm pacer ODIs. He was also dropped Parthiv Patel and Axar Patel are Khaleel Ahmed and batsman from the Test squad before the also out of central contracts as Hanuma Vihari are new Australia series. they have fallen off the radar. # &#%$#( %#) *#% +,-./+ '->5 * 8 1*"# & 0 9+ breached rather easily previously on both the occasions by Goa. aving suffered two defeats against This is an area they would like to HFC Goa in the league stage, tighten up. Mumbai City FC would be thirsting for The role of experienced custodian revenge when the two outfits clash in Amrinder Singh would also be crucial the first-leg semi-final of the Indian and he would be hoping to maintain a Super League on clean sheet. ! &2 .2 Saturday. $' ##%- 6& Amrinder has been FC Goa had blanked #(2 &$:+; $ quite impressive in the helsea and Napoli closed in Mumbai 5-0 at the ) 1)34;)01@ tournament having 55 on the Europa League quar- Jawaharlal Nehru saves to his name. Cter-finals, but Arsenal face Stadium in Goa in October, Costa said his team has leant a major battle to reach the last after which the Jorge Costa- from the mistakes they have com- eight after a 3-1 defeat away to coached Mumbai were unbeat- mitted against Goa in the previ- Rennes on Thursday. en in nine games. ous two games. Alex Iwobi gave the Gunners is hard for us," said Emery. from the resulting free-kick, but him four times after the Spaniard thanks to Rodrigo's double at the But again it was FC Goa "We have to see the reality. We a perfect start in north-western "We are going to think for next the ball came back to him and had turned home Olivier Mestalla, but Viktor Claesson's who had snapped their unbeat- have lost two games against FC Goa. France at a raucous Roazhon week. We will start with 11 against he sent a stunning half-vol- Giroud's flick to give Chelsea second-half strike will give the en run when they defeated them 2- I hope there will be a different story Park, but the match hinged on the 11, without Sokratis, without ley into the far corner. an early lead. Russians hope of reaching the last 0 at the Mumbai Football Arena here in tomorrow (on Saturday). sending-off of Arsenal defender (Alexandre) Lacazette, but if we Petr Cech, back facing Willian was more accurate eight on home soil in the second February. "We made mistakes in the two Sokratis Papastathopoulos four play like we did in the first 40 min- one of his former clubs, with a brilliant free-kick 25 leg. So when Mumbai take the field with games against FC Goa but we've learnt minutes before half-time. utes, with our supporters also, we made several interven- minutes from time to double Inter Milan could regret a the stakes higher, revenge will also be from them," said Costa. Benjamin Bourigeaud will have the possibility to come tions before being beaten Chelsea's lead and substitute missed penalty by Marcelo on their mind, but the hosts know well Goa have a lethal weapon in the equalised moments later, and the back." again in the 65th minute, Hudson-Odoi surely put the Brozovic as the Italian giants drew that they cannot afford to take the vis- form of Ferran Corominas, who is the hosts' second-half pressure paid off The Gunners recovered from as Mehdi Zeffane's cross tie beyond Kiev with a smart 0-0 away to Eintracht Frankfurt. itors lightly. leading goal-scorer in the league, hav- as a Nacho Monreal own goal put a first-leg deficit to beat BATE from the right deflected in off finish a minute from time. Sevilla won the Europa League For the hosts, Modou Sougou has ing slotted in 15 goals. Rennes ahead before Ismaila Sarr's Borisov in the last round, but Monreal, and Sarr added the "The third goal for us is real- three years in a row between 2014 been the star performer having pumped If he is allowed to play as he wants, late header gave them a two-goal Rennes are a step up in quality and potentially crucial third goal two ly very important," said Chelsea and 2016 with Emery as coach, but in 12 goals so far. And a lot will the Mumbai defence will have a harrow- cushion in the tie. are revelling in what is already minutes from time. manager Maurizio Sarri. the most successful side in Europa depend on how the Senegalese fares in ing time. Unai Emery's side must now their best ever European run. "3-0 is an important result, but League history have work to do this key contest. Apart from Corominas, Goa's hopes turn the tie around in the second of course we have to play the sec- after twice blowing a lead to draw He, along with Arnold Issako of will also be pinned on the performance leg in London next Thursday if !! Chelsea may also need this ond leg so we have to be careful." 2-2 at home to Slavia Prague. Congo who has six assists to his cred- of Spaniard Edu Bedia, who plays as they are to progress any further in After Iwobi's early opener, competition to get back in the Sarri's former side Napoli are Villarreal have now won as it, form a lethal pair. central mid-fielder and has seven goals a competition which represents the game turned just before half- Champions League next season also well on course for the quar- many games in the Europa League With a forward like Brazilian Rafael to his name. their only hope of silverware this time when Hatem Ben Arfa played and the Blues eased past Dynamo ters as early goals from Arkadiusz as La Liga this season. Despite lan- Bastos and an array of mid-fielders, Along with Bedia, Jackichand Singh, season, and offers a potential in Sarr, who was hauled back by Kiev 3-0 at Stamford Bridge cour- Milik and Fabian Ruiz, plus a sec- guishing in the relegation zone of including Sougou, Paulo Machado and Mandar Rao Dessai and Zaid Krouch route into next season's Sokratis just outside the area. The tesy of goals from Pedro ond-half own goal from Jerome the Spanish top flight, a 3-1 win Matias Mirabaje to bank on, Mumbai are other mid-fielders for Goa. Champions League with Arsenal Greek defender had already been Rodriguez, Willian and Callum Onguene, earned a 3-0 win over away to Zenit Saint Petersburg put have a strong outfit. The Goa defenders and custodian sitting outside the top four in the booked, so a second caution Hudson-Odoi. last season's semi-finalists them within touching distance of With Romanian Lucian Goian and Laxmikant Kattimani also will have to Premier League. equalled a red card. Pedro could have had at least Salzburg. the quarter-finals, while Dinamo Subhasish Bose to man it, Mumbai also be on their toes against the Mumbai "I think we can do better, 3-1 Bourigeaud struck the wall a hat-trick as Denys Boyko denied Valencia beat Krasnodar Zagreb beat Benfica 1-0. have a strong defence although it was attack with home crowd behind it.